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A Global Conversation in a Difficult Time

Posted on March 24, 2020December 15, 2022

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 →

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 →