2015 Archives - Page 2 of 9 - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Human rights project continues in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Posted on November 18, 2015August 21, 2018

This month professors Laura Ferguson and Sofia Gruskin traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to conduct key informant interviews with a wide range of stakeholders, including NGO representatives, parliamentarians, r... read more →

The Rise of Corporate Sovereignty? The story of global health governance, tobacco, and trade

Posted on November 18, 2015February 27, 2018

USC Institute for Global Health Associate Director Heather Wipfli addressed Occidental College today to describe the negotiation process of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Drawing from ... read more →

PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board Convenes in D.C.

Posted on November 18, 2015August 21, 2018

In mid-November Professor Sofia Gruskin participated in the first meeting of the reconstituted PEPFAR Scientific Advisory Board. The committee was established under the general authority of the Secretary of State and the Depa... read more →

Trailblazing Minds Convene to Discuss Sexuality, Health & Human Rights

Posted on November 18, 2015August 21, 2018

This month the USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights, in partnership with Occidental College, hosted a two-day event, “Sexuality, Health and Human Rights: Fulfilling the Promise of Health and Human Rights for All.... read more →

Sexual rights as human rights: a guide to authoritative sources and principles for applying human rights to sexuality and sexual health

Posted on November 1, 2015August 21, 2018

This Guide seeks to provide insight and resources to actors interested in the development of rights claims around sexuality and sexual health. After engaging with the vexed question of the scope of sexual rights, it explores ... read more →

Sound and Fury—engaging with the politics and the law of sexual rights

Posted on November 1, 2015August 21, 2018

Although past resistance to sexual rights in global debates has often been grounded in claims to culture, nation and religion, opposition voices are now using, rather than rejecting, the frame of international human rights. T... read more →

Gendered power dynamics and women’s negotiation of family planning in a high HIV prevalence setting

Posted on October 26, 2015August 17, 2018

In sub-Saharan Africa, high burdens of HIV and unmet need for contraception often coexist. Research emphasizes the need to engage men and couples in reproductive health, yet couples' negotiations around fertility and family p... read more →

Men’s violence against women and men are inter-related: Recommendations for simultaneous intervention

Posted on October 16, 2015August 21, 2018

Men are more likely than women to perpetrate nearly all types of interpersonal violence (e.g. intimate partner violence, murder, assault, rape). While public health programs target prevention efforts for each type of violence... read more →

USC to partner on air pollution and health study in Eastern Africa

Posted on October 13, 2015January 7, 2016

We are honored to be working with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia to develop the newly funded GEOHealth Network as part of the Eastern Africa GEOHealth Hub—one of seven hubs around the world. Over the next five years, U.... read more →

Operationalizing Human Rights in Efforts to Improve Health

Posted on October 2, 2015August 21, 2018

Professors Laura Ferguson's and Sofia's Gruskin’s publication came out this October in the 34th volume of the Knowledge Summary on Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health. "Operationalizing human rights in efforts... read more →