Sofia Gruskin Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Global Health and Human Rights under the New Administration: Steps to Set Priorities for our Collective Agenda

Posted on November 20, 2020April 2, 2021

The 2020 U.S. election season has been a highly charged, deeply emotional and, let’s be honest, entirely exhausting experience. Though elections serve as an opportunity for people to indicate their choice of candidates and... read more →

A Return to the Unfamiliar: A Time to Act

Posted on November 20, 2020April 6, 2021

As we cautiously but optimistically return to the slightest sense of normalcy in the first months of 2021, we are incredibly grateful to our friends, our partners and our colleagues for their critical engagement and support.... read more →

HIV Recency Testing: Should Results be Disclosed to Individuals Tested?

Posted on September 14, 2020November 23, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Ruth Macklin, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA Sara Klucking, Lejeune Lockett, Celia J Maxwell, Kenneth H Mayer, Edwin Sanders, Frederick Sawe Date: September, 2020Publication Link: h... read more →

Global Health and Human Rights for a Postpandemic World

Posted on September 12, 2020October 2, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Rajat Khosla, Pascale Allotey, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIAPublished By: BMJ Global HealthDate: September, 2020Publication Link: https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e003548 ... read more →

Between Progress and Backlash: Protecting Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights

Posted on September 10, 2020September 14, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Sofia Gruskin JD, MIAPublished By: Open Global RightsDate: September, 2020Publication Link: https://www.openglobalrights.org/between-progress-and-backlash-protecting-sexual-and-reproductive-righ... read more →

A Global Conversation in a Difficult Time

Posted on March 24, 2020June 18, 2020

In 2018 when I accepted the mission of leading USC’s Institute for Global Health, now the Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH), my primary focus was twofold. First, how can we work with stakeholders, educa... read more →

Expanding the Role of Paralegals: Supporting Realization of the Right to Health for Vulnerable Communities

Posted on March 15, 2020June 15, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Albert Wirya, Ajeng Larasati, Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA, Laura Ferguson Published By: National Library of Medicine Date: March, 2020Publication Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32228564/ ... read more →

Twenty five years after the Beijing Declaration we need to reaffirm that women’s rights are human rights

Posted on March 3, 2020June 11, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA, Rajat Khosla, Senait Fisseha, Katja Iversen, Sapana Pradhan Malla Published By: The BMJ Date: February, 2020 Publication Link: https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/03/08/twenty-... read more →

A Call for (Renewed) Commitment to Sexual Health, Sexual Rights, and Sexual Pleasure: A Matter of Health and Well-being

Posted on February 4, 2020April 4, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA, and Eszter Kismödi JD, LLM Published By: American Journal of Public Health Date: February, 2020 Publication Link: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2... read more →

Reflections on 25 Years of Health and Human Rights: History, Context, and the Need for Strategic Action

Posted on December 10, 2019April 17, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Sofia Gruskin JD, MIA,Published By: Health and Human Rights Journal Date: February, 2020Publication Link: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305497 ... read more →