Opportunities with the Program on International Health and Human Rights and Harvard University
The Program and its staff are closely linked with the teaching and professional activities at the Department of Population and International Health, the Harvard School of Public Health, and other Harvard schools more broadly. Professor Gruskin teaches HSPH courses and works with inter-University programs on health and human rights. The Program hosts unpaid fellows and interns throughout the year.
Opportunities at PIHHR:
Fellowships
Internships
Other University Involvement:
Courses
Working Group on Women, Gender and Health
Student Group for Reproductive Health and Rights (SGRHR)
Fellowships
Periodically, the Program invites self-funded fellows to work with the Program for durations ranging from a few weeks to a year. These fellowships are designed to provide opportunities for mutual professional development and capacity strengthening.
For further information on fellowship opportunities, please send a letter explaining your research interests to:
Ms. Jessie Evans
665 Huntington Avenue, 1-1202
Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Internships
We accept applications on a rolling basis, however, please note that we are no longer considering applications for 2008 unpaid summer internships. If you are qualififed for the PR/Communications internship listed below, or are interested in having your resume on file for future consideration, please submit your resume and cover letter to PIHHR Program Assistant, Jessie Evans.
The internship program aims to provide students and young professionals from various backgrounds the opportunity to learn and apply the basic elements of the international health and human rights field. The unpaid internships are flexible and are individually tailored to the interns’ needs and expectations with the existing projects and activities of the Program.
For further information on internship opportunities, including application guidelines, please click here.
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Courses at HSPH
PIH218 Health and Human Rights: Concepts and Methods for Public Health
S. Gruskin
The course identifies and discusses the complex interactions between health and human rights, with particular emphasis on the use of human rights for public health thinking and practice. The course provides the basis for literacy about modern human rights, including core principles, key documents, institutions and practices. Then, frameworks for analysis of health/human rights interactions are developed and applied, including: effect of health policies and programs on human rights; health consequences of human rights violations; and the linkages between promoting and protecting health and promoting and protecting human rights. Topics including reproductive health and HIV/AIDS are used to illustrate and explore practical applications of human rights in public health. Lecture, case study, 2.5 credits, one 3-hour session each week, Fall 1.
WGH200 Women, Gender and Health
N. Krieger, S. Gruskin
This course will focus on constructions of gender and sex and their implications for understanding determinants of population health and creating healthy public policy. It will consider how different frameworks of addressing gender and biological sex shape questions asked and explanations and interventions offered for societal patterns of health, disease, and well-being. The course will demonstrate ways of conceptualizing gender in relation to biology and health using case examples pertaining to breast cancer, smoking, cumulative trauma disorders of hands and wrists, HIV/AIDS, violence, access to health services, sexual health, reproductive health, and population policy. In all these cases, issues of gender will be related to other social determinants of health, including social class, racism, and other forms of inequality. Implications of diverse approaches will be debated, as part of developing useful strategies for improving physical, mental, and social well-being of women and men. Seminars, 2.5 credits, one 3-hour session each week, Spring 1 (Departments of Society, Human Development and Health, Population and International Health, and Epidemiology).
Links to More Health and Human Rights Courses
PIH 214: Health and Human Rights and the International System
PIH 268: Field experience in Health and Human Rights
PIH 288: Issues in Health and Human Rights
Links to more courses on Women, Gender, and Health
Women, Gender and Health Courses at HSPH
Intensive Course in Health and Human Rights
Intensive Course in Health and Human Rights
Boston, Massachusetts
Learn How to Incorporate a Human Rights Framework
Into Your Professional Activities
Presented in Collaboration with: The Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Population and International Health
The Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights
This rigorous 4.5-day program helps a wide range of professionals acquire the skills and knowledge they need to successfully incorporate a human rights framework into their daily activities. Participants will acquire a basic understanding of both the history and present status of international human rights and international humanitarian law as they apply to public health practice. The faculty will show participants how to:
- Analyze the human rights dimensions of public health policies and programs
- Access international mechanisms and procedures to further the human rights of persons whose health status is threatened
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Working Group on Women, Gender and Health
The Working Group on Women, Gender and Health was founded in 1996 by Harvard School of Public Health faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, and students interested in advancing the study of women, gender, and health at the School. In 2002, the school-wide faculty approved the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender and Health. This concentration is now governed by a Steering Committee comprised of faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, and students who meet monthly to discuss ways to promote curriculum development and public health research and practice regarding women, gender and health at HSPH.
Sofia Gruskin serves as the Co-Director of the Interdepartmental Concentration on Women, Gender and Health at Harvard School of Public Health.
To visit the web-site for the Women, Gender and Health Working Group, Interdepartmental Concentration and Steering Committee click here.
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Student Group for Reproductive Health and Rights (SGRHR)
The purpose of the Student Group for Reproductive Health and Rights (SGRHR) is to provide a forum for discourse on reproductive health and rights at Harvard School of Public Health and increase awareness, advocacy and action at HSPH and beyond (included but not limited to the greater Harvard and Boston Communities) around issues of international and domestic health and human rights.
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