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UC Santa Cruz grad student working to advance Beyond Compliance initiative
January 31, 2019
Alison Hanson and the Beyond Compliance Initiative seek to eliminate sexual harassment and sexual violence from campus.
A new and dire diagnosis: Human trafficking
October 15, 2018
In the first-of-its-kind policy, all mandated reporters within UC San Diego Health will be responsible for reporting suspected victims of human trafficking.
Call for papers in transformative approaches for gender justice in sexual and reproductive health
September 18, 2018
The Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment Center of Expertise is accepting submissions for a special issue of the journal Culture, Health & Sexuality on transformative approaches for gender justice in sexual and reproductive health.
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment deputy director launches community resource supporting women’s health
September 5, 2018
COE education and training lead, Melissa Smith, brings field-tested community empowerment tools to women and girls in Latin America.
Mobility linked with higher-risk sexual behaviors in Kenya and Uganda
September 5, 2018
New research from the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health aims to better understand why mobile populations experience barriers to HIV prevention and treatment.
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise awards summer grants to five UC undergraduates
September 4, 2018
Scholarship recipients use COE funding to investigate the intersection and interrelated nature of women's health, gender and empowerment.
Climate change is making it harder for couples to conceive
July 9, 2018
UCLA research finds warming temperatures have a negative effect on fertility, birth rates worldwide.
Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment COE sparks collaboration in the name of #MeToo
July 3, 2018
Collaborators at UC Santa Barbara are enhancing anti-harassment efforts and education on campus.
The trafficking victim beside me
June 11, 2018
Paula Tavrow, of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, shares a personal story.
International partners receive funding to study sexual violence
May 22, 2018
The Women’s Health, Gender and Empowerment COE supports four international campus-based violence prevention research projects.