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A sexual and reproductive health and rights journey: from Cairo to the present

Posted on November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

In the 25 years since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), human rights legal standards have developed significantly, and those involved in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programming have ... 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 →

Baseline Assessment – Scaling up Programs to Remove Human Rights Related Barriers to HIV Services – Ghana

Posted on September 17, 2019April 17, 2020

Read » Details: Author: Ferguson L. Alva S. Ricardo C. Gruskin S. Published By: The Global Fund Date: September, 2019Publication Link: https://www.theglobalfund.org/media/8720/crg_humanrightsbaselineassessmentghana_repor... read more →

Webinar: Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services

Posted on August 22, 2019September 18, 2019

WHO launched its first-ever guidelines on ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services in 2014. This ushered a flurry of activity both globally and at the country level to strengthen right... read more →

Sex Work-related Stigma: Experiential, Symbolic and Structural Forms in the Health Systems of Delhi, India

Posted on May 3, 2019April 3, 2020

Sex work-related stigma is prevalent in urban India. While HIV-stigma is often discussed in urban Indian health contexts, rarely is sex work-related stigma investigated as it shapes sex workers' health experiences. This pape... read more →

Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change

Engaging global institutions to achieve practical justice: the case of sexual rights

Posted on April 29, 2019May 2, 2019

Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change engages with questions of justice and equality, and how these can be achieved in modern society. Among its chapters is "Engaging global institutions to achieve practi... read more →

Police-Related Deaths and Neighborhood Economic and Racial/Ethnic Polarization, United States, 2015–2016

Posted on January 25, 2019

Researchers have found police-related death rates are highest in neighborhoods with the greatest concentrations of low-income residents and residents of color. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health J... read more →

We are not infertile’: challenges and limitations faced by women in same-sex relationships when seeking conception services in São Paulo, Brazil

Posted on January 19, 2019February 14, 2019

The use of reproductive technologies has expanded beyond cases of infertility, and opportunities for individuals of different sexual orientations to use such technologies for conception have increased. Authors including... read more →

Celebration at USC, City Hall honors 70 years of universal human rights

Posted on January 17, 2019April 12, 2019

Global dignitaries, activists and leaders spoke at the University of Southern California as part of a public symposium, followed by a youth summit at City Hall, on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10. In celebration of the 70th ann... read more →

Celebrating 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Posted on December 7, 2018March 12, 2019

UDPATE: See event videos and coverage at this link. Global dignitaries, activists and leaders will speak at USC’s University Park Campus for a free, public symposium, followed by a youth summit at Los Angeles Ci... read more →