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Force for Good

January 28, 2021
UCGHI Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise Deputy Director of Research Dr. Melissa Smith collaborates with Santa Barbara countywide task force focused on the experiences and concerns of migrant and marginalized communities during the pandemic.

WHGE COE Early Career Investigator Small Grants Program

December 18, 2020
The WHGE COE Early Career Investigator Small Grants Program for Historically Underrepresented Groups will provide up to $5,000 to support early career investigators and their graduate students working on/starting up novel research projects related to women’s health, gender and empowerment. 

Global Sports Development and Sidewinder Films Partner with UC Speaks Up to Prevent Campus Sexual Assault

October 7, 2020
UC Speaks Up hosting virtual screening of Emmy-nominated At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal combined with discussion panels tailored to college communities.

UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health Researchers are Seeking Summer Campus Representatives for Virtual Film Project

August 22, 2020

Dr. Jennifer Wagman and Claire Amabile at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health are seeking summer campus representatives from all 10 UCs to assist in a project that uses film as a violence prevention tool. The film includes, At the Heart of Gold, a documentary that features brave testimonials from various female gymnasts who survived the abuse of ex-medical doctor Larry Nassar.

UCGHI WHGE COE Global Seed Grant Program announces three new awardees from Colombia, Mexico, Kyrgyzstan

August 21, 2020
The UCGHI WHGE COE Global Seed Grant Program announces three new awardees from Colombia, Mexico and Kyrgyzstan working on violence prevention.

WHGE COE New Special Issue: Transformative approaches to gender justice in sexual and reproductive health

August 3, 2020
The University of California Global Health Institute’s Center of Expertise on Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment prepared  a special issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality journal on Transformative Approaches for Gender Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Health, led by Guest Editors Rebecca Fielding-Miller and Abigail Hatcher.

Chilean medical and midwifery students support the recent decriminalization of abortion

April 3, 2020
UCSF Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) surveyed  medical and midwifery students in Chile regarding their attitudes about abortion.

Celebrating women across the UC

March 8, 2020
In honor of International Women's Day (March 8) and Women's History Month, we celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions—both big and small—of women across the University of California who have helped propel us forward to a more equitable world.
 

How Did They Do It? The Inside Story of SB-24: Medication Abortion on UC & CSU Campuses

February 21, 2020
Dr.  Ushma Updahyay’s panel discussion at UCLA, "How Did They Do It? The Inside Story of SB-24: Medication Abortion on UC & CSU Campuses" with California State Senator, Connie M. Leyva, and Zoe Murray, student activist with the justCARE Campaign, recorded on February 20, 2020.

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