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A Meta-Narrative Literature Synthesis and Framework to Guide Future Evaluation of Legal Empowerment Interventions

Posted on December 4, 2018May 2, 2019

In this paper, published in the Health and Human Rights Journal, authors Katherine Footer, Michael Windle, Laura Ferguson, Jordan Hatcher, Carrie Lyons, Emma Gorin, Anne L. Stangl, Steven Golub, Sofia Gruskin, and Stefan Bara... read more →

The recognition and evolution of the HIV and human rights interface: 1981–2017

Posted on November 30, 2018May 2, 2019

In this book chapter, published in the Research Handbook on Global Health Law, Sofia Gruskin and Daniel Tarantola discuss the linkages between health and human rights in relation to HIV, and describe a joint action and ac... read more →

Interpersonal Violence in Afghanistan—Beyond a Strictly Public Health Approach

Posted on November 7, 2018May 17, 2019

Reports document persistently high levels of interpersonal violence in Afghanistan. Much of this is concentrated in the most conflict-affected areas where systems of education, health, and justice are particularly weak. But ... read more →

Desert, Rainforest or Jungle: Navigating the Global Sexual Rights Landscape

Posted on November 3, 2018

In this chapter, published in the Sexuality Policy Watch e-book SexPolitics: Trends & Tensions in the 21st Century, authors Sofia Gruskin, Alice Miller, Jane Cottingham and Eszter Kismodi examine today's sexual rights co... read more →

The AIDS conference 2018: a critical moment

Posted on October 25, 2018May 2, 2019

Sofia Gruskin, director of the Institute for Global Health, and Julia Hussein, editor-in-chief of the journal Reproductive Health Matters, note the tenor changes of the annual International AIDS Conference since its inception... read more →

Resource Kit: Ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of transgender populations

Posted on October 8, 2018April 4, 2019

Following a 2017 symposium at the University of Southern California, the USC Law & Global Health Collaboration has produced several resources to further the discussion of sexual and reproductive health and rights of trans... read more →

“In transition: ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of transgender populations.” A roundtable discussion

Posted on August 2, 2018April 4, 2019

This roundtable discussion is the result of a research symposium entitled In Transition: Gender [Identity], Law & Global Health where participants took up the challenge to engage with the question: What will it take to ... read more →

US Opposition to Breastfeeding Resolution: Don’t be surprised, do be concerned

Posted on July 19, 2018August 24, 2018

Following a story in The New York Times, there has been widespread news coverage of actions by American officials to undermine a resolution on breastfeeding at the recent World Health Assembly, held at the United Nations in... read more →

Sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: translating the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission’s global report to local action

Posted on July 3, 2018May 2, 2019

The Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights brought renewed vision and revived thinking around sexual and reproductive health and rights in a time of backsliding progress. In this R... read more →

The how: a message for the UN high-level meeting on NCDs

Posted on June 28, 2018May 2, 2019

This September's UN General Assembly high-level meeting (HLM) on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) provides a strategic opportunity to propel the response—from “where do we want to be” to “how do we get there”. (... read more →