Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity

???? This International Women’s Day, we join the global call to #AccelerateAction.?It is clear that while the landscape may be rapidly changing, the needs of women and girls persist.? And, we persist, in our steadfast commitment to our mission of advancing global women’s health and gender equity through action-oriented research, training, and translation.?? History reminds us that transformative change begins with courageous voices and bold actions. The #MeToo movement catalyzed by Tarana B. exposed untold stories, sparking conversations that redefined public understanding.? Similarly, Harry T. Burn’s pivotal 1920 vote for the 19th Amendment—driven by his mother’s handwritten plea—stands as a testament to the power of persistence, resistance, and action. Join us in celebrating #IWD2025 to honor the past and usher in the future. #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing,?The Johns Hopkins University

Adopted in 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains a bold, groundbreaking, revolutionary blueprint that confirms women’s rights are human rights. ?It articulates a vision for a world based on the redistribution of power, where gender equality is recognized as foundational to achieving peace, security and development for all. Thirty years on, the world today is more equal for women and girls than ever before. And yet, progress so far has been too slow, too fragile, too uneven. Most importantly, this progress is not guaranteed. I was honored to brief the press today alongside Papa Seck on UN Women's latest report, Women's rights in review 30 years after Beijing. We highlighted the report's key findings, including that one in four Member States reported that backlash, or organized resistance to existing or new commitments to gender equality, is holding up their delivery of a more equal world for women and girls. This is, in all likelihood, an underreporting. What feminist activists who were in Beijing thirty years ago tell us is that this moment is daunting, but they are not daunted. And neither are we. We have a duty to meet this moment not with apathy but with action, not with despair but with hope. We can not afford another setback, and we certainly can not wait another thirty years. We must push forward together to achieve rights, equality, and empowerment for all women and girls. ?? Read the report: https://lnkd.in/gzNv7gPQ ?? See the media briefing: https://lnkd.in/gQg6eigz #genderequality #sdg5 #Beijing30 #genderdata Laura Turquet

?? Inviting the The Johns Hopkins University Community to join our Center in honoring International Women’s Day with a panel featuring diverse research and perspectives across JHU’s many schools and divisions, followed by networking reception. Presentations include faculty and students from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, and student groups and leaders. Join us tomorrow, Thursday, March 6th from 4:30-6 PM at Scott-Bates Commons East Room (304).?Students, see you there! ?? RSVP now at [https://lnkd.in/ed_EfKbS ]! *Event is only open to those in the JHU network – all faculty, students, and staff from across JHU are welcome to attend. Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing,?Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

New paper alert!?Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a major global issue with severe health, economic, and human rights consequences. Despite the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5.2 calling for its elimination, progress remains slow due to insufficient data and fragmented research efforts. To overcome these challenges, Kathryn Falb and coauthors recommend a transdisciplinary approach and urge researchers, institutions, and funders to collaborate and accelerate prevention efforts for lasting change. #EndVAWG #SDG5. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gcm752T8 Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,? The Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health ?

As a pan-African organisation, our goal is to have scholar representation in all 54 African countries. And every year, we inch closer to realising it. We are proud to share that the Mandela Rhodes Foundation Class of 2025 includes our first-ever scholar from Tunisia! ???? Meet Nada Ben Jamaa, who joins our growing community of exceptional young leaders from across the continent. Read more about her and the rest of the Class of 2025 below: https://lnkd.in/exnZtp5j #mandelarhodesfoundation #mandelarhodesscholars

Cutting research dollars = cutting lifesaving resources for intimate partner violence survivors. Research isn’t just about collecting data. It funds the development of critical services, supports salaries of frontline providers, and creates innovative interventions (with the evidence to know that they work!) to help survivors stay safe and healthy. myPlan was developed through federally funded research at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Without investments in research, important tools like this wouldn’t exist. We echo what our brilliant colleague Michele Decker says in this article: when we defund research, we don’t just lose knowledge - we lose real, tangible support for survivors. https://lnkd.in/ebsByXPU

What do sweeping changes to federal research systems, including indirect costs, have to do with women’s health and safety?? Everything.?? ? Hear from Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity director, Prof. Michele Decker on what’s at stake. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ebsByXPU #ResearchSavesLives Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dept. of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Johns Hopkins School of Nursing,?The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg American Health Initiative

Are you eager to explore International Perspectives on Women, Gender, and Health?? Delve into key issues shaping gender as a social system across the life course, the impact of gender norms on health outcomes, and intersections with sex, class, race, and other social determinants of health. Engage in interactive sessions with expert instructors and guest lecturers as you explore gender equity indices, gender analysis, gender-transformative interventions, and women’s health in low- and middle-income contexts with an emphasis on how gender systems influence health. Register now for 380.668.01: International Perspectives on Women, Gender, and Health course, 3 credits, 4th term! Link: https://lnkd.in/e99HT73D? Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women's Health & Gender Equity, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Anaise Williams

This Thursday, Gender Equity Unit director, Dr. Michelle Kaufman, will discuss the new state of funding for gender programming and research with guest, Dr. Anita Raj, the executive director of Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. ?? Thursday, February 20, 2025 ?? 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST / 5:00-6:00 p.m. GMT Join us for this critical conversation by registering today: https://lnkd.in/eiZtNhff Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Department of Health, Behavior and Society

The?Johns Hopkins Center for Women's Health, Sex, and Gender Research?is thrilled to announce our upcoming event?An Evolutionary Journey into Modern Women's Health Medicine?to take place?Tuesday, March 11th, 2025 at 3:30pm?in Sommer Hall at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.?This exciting event will feature?NYT Bestselling Author Cat Bohannon, PhD?presenting on her recent book,?Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution,?followed by a reception and book signing opportunity!? This exciting event is co-sponsored by: the?Johns Hopkins Provost Office, the?Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the JH-BIRCWH Program,?the Johns Hopkins Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the?Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, the?Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, and the?Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. For more information: https://lnkd.in/eqgkkDkm his event is open to Johns Hopkins Affiliates and others in the public.?Registration is required.