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The SDG Leadership Academy: Students And the City of Los Angeles Work Towards A Sustainable Future

Posted on September 11, 2020October 15, 2020

Over the course of the summer, USC-IIGH sponsored the SDG Leadership Academy. 63 students from four different universities took part in this ten-week internship program in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of the City of... read more →

SDG Leadership Academy: Update

Posted on June 17, 2020June 18, 2020

The USC IIGH SDG Leadership Academy, launched last week in partnership with the Office of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, is providing an opportunity for our students to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (... read more →

Sofia Gruskin discusses SDG work with the City of Los Angeles at NASPAA Annual Conference

Posted on November 7, 2019March 24, 2020

On October 18, 2019, Sofia Gruskin, Director of the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, participated in the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) Annual Conference in Los Angel... read more →

Sustainable Development Goals, HIV & Human Rights: Advancing Equality, Inclusion and Justice

Posted on August 8, 2018December 20, 2021

In this Aug. 29 lecture, Director of the United Nations Development Programme’s HIV, Health and Development Group Mandeep Dhaliwal presented on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, HIV and human rights with commentary prov... read more →

The report from the High Level Working Group on Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents is handed over to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan at the 70th World Health Assembly May 22. Photo Courtesy WHO.

Stand up for human rights to – and through – health, experts urge government

Posted on May 23, 2017March 13, 2019

A transformative report published May 22 by a United Nations-backed group will set the health and human rights agenda for women, children and adolescents over the next decade. (more…)... read more →

UN Photo/Martine Perret. License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Leaders appointed to champion health, human rights of the vulnerable

Posted on October 3, 2016March 13, 2019

For the first time, the world’s governing bodies have tasked a group of experts to expand the health and human rights of women, children and adolescents everywhere. (more…)... read more →