sustainable development goals Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

2021 SDG Leadership Academy begins summer project focused on a #JustRecovery post-COVID

Posted on July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

After a rigorous selection process, four students have joined the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (USC IIGH) for a 10-week fellowship to support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and thei... read more →

This Sacred Earth & The Climate Crisis: What’s Real and What We Can Do

Posted on October 12, 2020October 23, 2020

On October 20, 2020, the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health Student Advisory Council hosted a webinar with Professor Jeremy Kagan discussing the climate crisis. The keynote presentation based on Al Gore's Climate... read more →

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 →

Revising National SDG Targets for the City of Los Angeles

Posted on May 2, 2019May 9, 2019

In October 2017, Mayor Eric Garcetti committed to adopt and implement the SDGs in Los Angeles. With support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Mayor’s Office partnered with four local universities to begin a compreh... read more →

Training in Malaysia connects health and human rights

Posted on November 5, 2018November 6, 2018

In Malaysia, a course taught in conjunction with United Nations University in August 2018 drew 40 participants from research, policy, public health, law, NGOs and other domains to learn about the effectiveness, limits and po... read more →

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

Posted on August 8, 2018January 3, 2019

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 →

SDGs in LA: Sustainable Solutions to Los Angeles’s Wicked Problems

New practicum seeks sustainable solutions for LA’s wicked problems

Posted on June 29, 2018March 12, 2019

A new multi-disciplinary practicum coordinated in collaboration with the USC Institute for Global Health invites students from across USC’s schools to address some of Los Angeles’s most intractable challenges. (more&hel... 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 →