Counseling:

Groups:

Youth Leadership:

• Peer Mentoring
• Youth Led Projects
• Peer Presentations
• Internships

Training:

• Informational Trainings
• Consultation Services
• Staff Presentations

• Employment Training
  

Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to empower young women, ages 12-21 years, who have experienced sexual exploitation and violence to exit unsafe and abusive lifestyles and to develop their full potential. GEMS’ provides young women with empathetic, consistent support and viable opportunities for positive change.

GEMS achieved national and local recognition for its work in education and consciousness raising on the issue of sexual exploitation. GEMS is the co-founder of the New York City Task Force Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth. GEMS is a founding member and steering committee member of the US Campaign to Stop the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. As part of its work with the national campaign, GEMS organized and hosted the First National Summit of Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth entitled Breaking the Silence in July, 2003.

GEMS along with the founder and executive director, Rachel Lloyd has been the recipient of numerous awards including: the Union Square Award, the Community Works ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ Award, Esther House Award and the Lives of Commitment Award and our work has been featured in numerous press and television stories including MSNNBC, The NY Daily News, NBC News, Essence, Cosmopolitan, Marie Clare, The John Walsh Show, Fox 5 News, The Village Voice, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times and The Washington Times.

GEMS values the participation of volunteers, to learn more please call us at 212.926.8089 or download our volunteer application Volunteer Application

GEMS is committed to serving the needs of young women and girls and fighting against

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Domestic Human Trafficking