Human Rights

For Women’s History Month, Health Policy and Management Department Chair Keshia Pollack Porter reflects on how women of color have consistently been a voice for equity and celebrates the progress that has been made for representation.

Women have long been integral to public health—though they haven’t always received recognition for their work. Today, they comprise 70% of the global health workforce. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating some of the women that have made the field of public health what it is today.

When COVID-19 hit, India's Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center forcibly discharged survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide pesticide factory gas leak disaster, compounding their suffering.

Researchers, physicians, and activists who have inspired Bloomberg School faculty and shaped the field of public health

Eliminating gender-based violence and harmful practices like child marriage and FGM/C is one priority area of the new Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity.

Kathryn Falb is a recognized leader in preventing violence against women and children in humanitarian settings.

On its 75th anniversary, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the world’s most translated document—but implementing it presents constant challenges. Nadia Akseer, founder of Mission Afghanistan 2030, discusses the challenges of achieving its aims.

I buried my dreams when I left Afghanistan. One day I’ll return to them.

How laws governing war apply to health and human rights.

The growing humanitarian health crisis in Gaza is straining an already overwhelmed global system.

Medical schools have an ethical responsibility to produce a competent and diverse physician workforce, and there are many ways to achieve this beyond race-conscious admissions, writes Diamanta Panford-Ufere, an MPH candidate at BSPH.

Gilda A. Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering, shares the story of how she confronted racism in the classroom as a young girl.