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Science and pandemic: an epistemology for human rights

WebThis book contributes, through a rights-based approach, to the dialogue between the natural and social sciences in the understanding and pluralistic epistemic …

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Rights and responsibilities in the Coronavirus pandemic

WebThis framework is useful in the context of the Coronavirus crisis because it involves both a range of rights and responsibilities of many actors. Our right to health, …

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Pandemic patriarchy: regulation, access, and governance in …

WebThe second aspect of pandemic patriarchy is limited access to abortion services, even where access is legal. The Mexican Secretary of Health, for example, …

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Mental health and well-being in human rights

WebThe mental health and well-being of advocates has often been neglected by human rights organizations, funders, and advocates themselves. Recently, however, activists and …

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Why women’s right to health and gender equality

WebLayanna Martin is a private sector advisor at the Danish Family Planning Association.She is dedicated to improving women’s health, reproductive justice, and …

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The right to health in the Global South: between

WebIn a recent book, Local Maladies, Global Remedies: Reclaiming the Right to Health in Latin America, I argue that, during the last decades, the transformations of the …

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Technology and human rights OpenGlobalRights

WebCollaborating Partners (April 2018 onwards): the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre a global human rights non-profit organization that works with everyone …

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Putting human rights at the centre of struggles for health and …

WebPutting human rights at the centre of struggles for health and social equality. We’ve made progress on economic and social rights, but the human rights community …

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Seguro Popular: Mexico’s progress in protecting the right …

WebMexicans are embracing human rights more than ever before, and Mexico’s constitution has recognized that healthcare is a universal right for more than thirty years. And yet, as …

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Reflections on Paul Farmer’s legacy: a clarion call for …

WebPaul Farmer’s far-too-early passing on February 21, 2022 is an incalculable loss to those of us who knew and loved him, to students and patients around the globe, …

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How inequality threatens all human rights OpenGlobalRights

WebInequality is not only a threat to economic and social rights—it threatens the realization of all forms of rights everywhere. At the global level, economic crises, armed …

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A cautionary lesson from Italy: commercializing healthcare can kill

WebIn February 2020, coffins had to be taken out of Lombardy, Italy on military trucks because the region was unable to deal with the sheer number of people dying …

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Why disability inclusion matters OpenGlobalRights

WebHuman rights advocates should embed a disability perspective in all rights issues, cultivate the leadership of people with disabilities, and address ableism, including …

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Climate justice, health, and sexual and reproductive rights

WebClimate solutions must recognize the importance of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) as a crucial axis for resilience and adaptation to climate change. …

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Between progress and backlash: protecting sexual rights and

WebThe last few years have seen unprecedented progress towards sexual and reproductive rights around the globe, at both societal and legal levels. The change from …

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Faith and health care in Africa: a complex reality

WebFor many years, analysts of international development and public health were “religion-blind.” In the past decade, however, there has been a significant …

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From LGBTQIA+ to SOGIESC: Reframing sexuality, gender, and …

WebMore than a mere shift from one awkward abbreviation to another, the use of SOGIESC promises a reframing of sexuality, gender, and human rights that is more …

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Yes, economic and social rights really are human rights

WebEarlier on openGlobalRights, Pedro Pizano argued that socio-economic rights are not really human rights at all, because they are not immediately enforceable in a …

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