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A novel methodology for strengthening human rights based monitoring in public health: Family planning indicators as an illustrative example

Posted on December 8, 2017August 25, 2018

The last few years have seen a rise in the number of global and national initiatives that seek to incorporate human rights into public health practice. Nonetheless, a lack of clarity persists regarding the most appropriat... read more →

Monitoring, evaluation and accountability: Ensuring rights, equity and quality in family planning programmes

Monitoring human rights in contraceptive services and programmes

Posted on July 28, 2017August 25, 2018

This tool for Monitoring human rights in contraceptive services and programmes contributes to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) ongoing work on rights-based contraceptive programmes. This work builds directly on... read more →

Program on Global Health & Human Rights presents at Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

Posted on November 2, 2016October 1, 2020

The Program on Global Health & Human Rights (GHHR) led two presentations at the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Nov. 14-18 in Vancouver, Canada. (more…)... read more →

Reproductive justice & preventable deaths: State funding, family planning, abortion, and infant mortality, US 1980–2010

Posted on March 19, 2016August 25, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin and co-authors published a new article April 22 in Social Science and Medicine Public Health titled “Reproductive justice & preventable deaths: State family planning, abortion & infant mort... read more →

Kenyan men’s fears about family planning explored

Posted on January 20, 2016February 10, 2016

Despite increases in recent years in the number of women wanting to avoid pregnancy, the use of modern contraceptives in sub-Saharan Africa remains low. Atlas of Science featured a recent study by Dr. Mellissa Withers and co... read more →

Experts convene at WHO family planning meeting

Posted on January 19, 2016August 21, 2018

The World Health Organization hosted the “Strengthening Family Planning’s Normative Standards for Human Rights Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability” meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this December. (more…)... read more →

The Gambia – Impact Evaluation Baseline Report: Fertility and Family Planning

Posted on December 31, 2015August 21, 2018

The government of The Gambia is implementing the Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Results Project to increase the use of community nutrition and primary maternal and child health services. In collaboration with the gov... read more →

Human Rights and Family Planning: Debates, Dilemmas, Challenges and Opportunities

Posted on November 18, 2015August 21, 2018

This month the University of Washington, Seattle, hosted The Human Right to Family Planning Conference to address the rights and health concerns of the 222 million women and girls in low- and middle-income countries who do no... 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 →

Professor Gruskin Joins WHO Family Planning Advisory Board

Posted on May 23, 2015February 27, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin, director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights, has been invited by the World Health Organization to join the Department of Reproductive Health and Research’s Advisory Group on Strength... read more →