The Centrality of Social Movements in Addressing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Our research shows that social movement activism is an integral part of service delivery for sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence.
Violence
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Read more: Community-Based Response to Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Pandemic Community-Based Response to Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 Pandemic
The pandemic showed that community-based supports can foster safety and accountability without requiring state intervention.
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Read more: A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Western Ideas of Health A Critical Analysis of the Eurocentric Response to COVID-19: Western Ideas of Health
In concentrating on largely Western conceptions of health, the international pandemic response paid insufficient attention to realities in the Global South.
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Read more: Violence Against Health Care Workers: Legislative Responses Violence Against Health Care Workers: Legislative Responses
COVID-19 and other diseases aren’t the only threat to health care workers. Violence in the workplace is a common occurrence and on the rise.
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Read more: Second Amendment Rights and Mental Illness Second Amendment Rights and Mental Illness
Editor’s Note: An updated of this post was published on March 6, 2017, entitled “The Balancing Act Between Mental Illness and Gun Rights.” By Mariam Ahmed, JD/MSPP (2016) In recent years, there have been a multitude of state- and federal-level discussions about how to use law to minimize gun violence as active shooter events increase….
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Read more: From Harvard Effective Altruism: Upcoming (Nov. 17): Steven Pinker on “The Past, Present, and Future of Violence” From Harvard Effective Altruism: Upcoming (Nov. 17): Steven Pinker on “The Past, Present, and Future of Violence”
Harvard College Effective Altruism presents: The Past, Present, and Future of Violence with Steven Pinker Monday, November 17th, 7 PM Science Center D RSVP here. Contact Harvard College Effective Altruism at harvardea@gmail.com.
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Read more: Gun Violence: A Public Health Concern? Gun Violence: A Public Health Concern?
By Michele Goodwin Posted from Amsterdam I was in India when the tragic news hit; 26 people dead–20 of them children in a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. In India, NGOs struggle with ending violence against women and children. Acid tossed in the faces of women by…