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Engaging Human Rights in the Evolving Zika Virus Epidemic

Posted on February 16, 2017August 25, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

By Jennifer J. K. Rasanathan, Sarah MacCarthy, Debora Diniz, Els Torreele, and Sofia Gruskin, for the American Journal of Public Health.

Posted in PublicationsTagged 2017, american-journal-of-public-health, article, GHHR, infectious disease, sexual and reproductive health and rights, Sofia Gruskin, zika

Baseline Evaluation Report – The Global Fund Africa Regional HIV Grant: Removing Legal Barriers to Accessing HIV, TB and Malaria Services

Posted on January 26, 2017August 25, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

by Laura Ferguson, Ian Henry, Alexandra Nicholson and Sofia Gruskin, for United Nations Development Programme.

Posted in PublicationsTagged 2017, Africa Regional HIV Grant Evaluation, Alexandra Nicholson, GHHR, Global Fund, HIV, HIV and human rights, Ian Henry, infectious disease, Laura Ferguson, legal barriers, malaria, manual report, Sofia Gruskin, tuberculosis, United Nations Development Programme

Human Rights, Gender, and Infectious Disease: From HIV/AIDS to Ebola

Posted on November 1, 2016August 25, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

Health is a Right

by Lara Stemple, Portia Karegeya and Sofia Gruskin, for Human Rights Quarterly.

Posted in PublicationsTagged 2016, AIDS, article, ebola, featured, gender, gender equality, GHHR, HIV, HIV and human rights, human rights, human rights quarterly, infectious disease, Sofia Gruskin, zika

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Social Movements, Sexual Rights, and Reproductive Rights: #MeToo in Global Context

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Q&A: The Global Right to Health with Anand Grover
Q&A: Laws and Standards to Implementation of Interventions in Global Health with Rajat Khosla
Q&A: HIV, health and human rights with Mandeep Dhaliwal and Jeff O’Malley

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Most refugees do not live in camps — forced #displacement is now an urban phenomenon. The Rapid Urbanisation Grand Challenge at @UNSW, with @edcrossau, @Arupgroup, @Refugees and the @APRU1997 #SustainableCities and Landscapes Hub have organized a competition to address this challenge. Students are invited to design a physical intervention that meaningfully improves lives of refugees in cities. Winners will be announced at the #APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes conference, held at UNSW (#Sydney), Aug. 29 - Sep. 1, 2019. The first place prize is $5,000 USD! See link in bio for details.

This #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth in her @psych_today blog @USCedu's Mellissa Withers writes about legislative action — or the lack thereof — in protecting women from #violence. Link in bio. #SAAM #sexualassault #sexualviolence #consent #ViolenceAgainstWomen

Drones in Global Public Health Online Certificate Program will be taught in part by Helena Samsioe and Dr. Shubha Kumar. . Helena Samsioe is the CEO and Founder of Globhe, a drone service company using drones and AI to create a better future. Currently, in collaboration with the United Nations, GLOBHE is transforming the way cutting edge technology is solving pressing challenges around the world. Helena has been named Top 50 Women in Tech by Forbes, ranked among the top 100 young business leaders in Sweden, named a Top Woman to Watch in the Drone Industry, and been featured as the “Drone Queen” on BBC. @globhedrones . #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Drones #drone #onlineprogram #USC @uscedu

Improving #sexualhealth means addressing #sexualrights and #sexualpleasure. Learn more in this new review paper co-authored by our director Sofia Gruskin in @shrmjournal — link in bio. #reproductivehealth @SRHR #pleasure #health #humanrights

On December 10, 2018, USC celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To help the UDHR become a living document for many years to come, the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health created a resource kit for students, professors, and those wanting to learn more about the declaration. To view the kit click in our bio! . #UDHR #Standup4humanrights @UN

Anand Grover, Senior Advocate to the Supreme Court of India, joined the @USCGlobalHealth for a talk on 'The Global Right to Health'. To watch his Q&A video and to learn more on his background, the success of the Indian court case decriminalizing homosexual sexual activity, and advice on how to move forward, click the link in our bio! . #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Health #AnandGrover #humanrights

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