Conference explores link between anti-Roma racism and health disparities
The health-related repercussions of anti-Roma racism were discussed at the 11th annual Roma Conference at Harvard Chan School.
Making the case for reparations
In the wake of atrocities, violence, and discrimination, reparations can play an important role in improving public health and emotional healing, according to scholars and human rights activists who spoke at a December 10, 2021 virtual event at…
Symposium encourages ‘anti-racism’ focus for public health
More than a dozen experts at the intersection of race and public health recently gathered for a virtual symposium to discuss structural racism’s negative impacts on health and how public health research can help inform policy change aimed…
Op-ed: European Union needs smarter solutions to refugee crisis in Greece
Earlier this month, Greece announced plans to install a floating wall in the Aegean Sea in an attempt to deter refugees from crossing its shores. The measure, however, will do little to address the issues at the heart…
Trump administration actions harming U.S. human rights reputation
President Trump’s administration is actively harming U.S. credibility on human rights, according to a November 8, 2018 Brown Political Review article. The article quotes Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB Director of Research and Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at…
Shedding light on migration issues
The world doesn’t have a migration problem, but rather a “hospitality” problem, according to Jacqueline Bhabha of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In a wide-ranging September 24, 2018 interview with WhoWhatWhy, Bhabha, director of research at…
Can we solve the migration crisis?
Every minute 24 people around the world are forced to leave their homes—and it’s estimated that more than 65 million people are currently displaced.
Separation at the border
June 27, 2018 – President Trump’s recently reversed “zero tolerance” policy of separating migrant children from their parents could have far-reaching legal and human rights implications. Jacqueline Bhabha, professor of the practice of health and human rights at…
Migrant family separations could mean lasting trauma for kids
Children separated from their parents along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy could face trauma that lasts throughout their lives, according to human rights expert Jacqueline Bhabha of Harvard T.H. Chan School…
An emergency within an emergency
In this week's podcast we bring you two stories of disturbing human rights abuses: one developing in real-time, and another that's been lingering for centuries.
