Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023 (All day) to Friday, March 24, 2023 (All day) Location: Thompson Room (Barker Center 110) In the fall of 1972, the men incarcerated at the state prison in Walpole, Massachusetts organized themselves into a labor union—the National Prisoners Reform Association (NPRA). In March of 1973, when Walpole’s guards went on strike, the NPRA took over the prison and ran it peacefully for two months. Seizing on the…

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Join this work in progress (WIP) seminar to hear Dr. Bissell talk about her current book project, a forthcoming Oxford University Press (OUP) publication on the safety and protection of the world’s children. She will speak about the origins of the initiative and present its first chapter. This is a chapter that uniquely positions the protection of children around the world within a tripartite framework of human/children’s rights, public health,…

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In partnership with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University, the Romani Studies Program at Central European University, the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University, and the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University, the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights will host a free,…

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Join us for a webinar co-organized with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in North Macedonia and UNDP Accelerator Labs focusing on the intersection of Health and Heat. This event will bring together several actors to discuss and collaborate on addressing the negative impacts of extreme heat on human health and other aspects of our daily lives. We will explore the intersection of urban heat islands and people, share knowledge…

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Scores of actors from industry, government, professional associations and civil society, have issued voluntary guidelines on ‘ethical practices’ for the design, development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies, in recognition of their potentially harmful consequences to society. Many claim to address the protection of human rights. This work in progress (WIP) seminar draws from a study, co-authored with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr of the New School and published in…

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Join the FXB Center's Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights, the An-Najah National University Virtual Exchange Collaborative, and the An-Najah Global Health Institute for a panel discussion around the escalating violence and restrictions on health in Palestine with speakers offering perspectives from their work in the region. A Q&A session will follow presentations by the speakers. Introductory Remarks: Dr. Abdulsalam Khayyat is the Vice President for Academic Affairs at…

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Join the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, Harvard Public Health magazine, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Office for Diversity and Inclusion on Tuesday, May 16th at 5:30pm for a free public screening of There's Something in the Water, an environmental racism documentary co-directed and produced by Ian Daniel and Elliot Page. The film shines a light on the Canadian government’s current and historical decisions…

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Join the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, the Center for the History of Medicine at Harvard Countway Library, the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University, the Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights, and the Harvard Department of the History of Science for a discussion and Q&A session on the history of eugenics to mark the opening of the exhibition "We Are…

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Date and Time: Friday, September 22 at 09:00am – 10:30am EDT Location: Zoom – registration required Despite sustained efforts to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, large numbers of children continue to fall victim to traffickers worldwide – due to inequitable social, economic, environmental, and political factors that engender exploitative and discriminatory practices. In 2023, ICAT has made child protection a cross-cutting issue for all of its interventions, with one…

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