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Vanguard Women Economic Empowerment Index
Center faculty Dr. Anaise Williams published the first study to develop and validate an index capturing the extent to which a woman is on the vanguard of economic participation in her community.
Voices from our Inaugural Fellows
Members of the first cohort of the Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator Fellowship share reflections on their experience in the program.
The Center at the SVRI Forum '24
Center-affiliated faculty, and staff convened at the SVRI ’24 Forum alongside global scholars and partners in Cape Town, South Africa.
New & Noteworthy
Impact Report 2023-24
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Impact Report 2023-24. The report highlights our incredible year of growth and ambitious plans for the years ahead.
Huge thanks to our team for their dedication to the progress we’ve made and for all of their amazing work.
New Publication
Effectiveness of the myPlan Teen App, a Digital Healthy Relationship and Safety Planning Intervention With Adolescent Aged 15–17 Years
Center faculty Nancy Glass latest paper highlights the myPlan Teen app's significant success in reducing dating violence and suicide among adolescents, showcasing its effectiveness in improving adolescent health outcomes.
New Publication
Counting older women: Measuring the health and wellbeing of older women in LMICs
A new paper from Center faculty Rosemary Morgan and Anna Kalbarczyk delves into the complexities of measuring health and wellbeing in older women across low – and middle-income countries, advocating for inclusive data systems that address their unique health challenges.
News Archive
The 30th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act
Michelle Decker and Tiara Willie join the Public Health on Call podcast to talk about the Violence Against Women Act - including the legislation’s initial goals, why gender-based violence is still a neglected issue 30 years later, and how far we still have to go in truly protecting all women from violence.
Evidence to Action: Igniting Change to End Gender-Based Violence
The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity hosted Evidence to Policy Action: Igniting Change to End Gender-Based Violence at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, DC.
International Women's Day 2024 Event
JHU students, faculty, and alums came together for an International Women's Day celebration event with inspiring keynote speakers Drs. Fatoumata Adelle Barry, MD, MPH, Anaise Williams, PhD, MPH, Anita Vernekar Shnkar, PhD and Mauli Mehta.
To discuss the emergent women’s health and leadership issues globally, the value and application of key metrics and indices to track progress, the many achievements since the influential 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, the road ahead, and the value of evidence- informed policy and practice.
Public Health on Call Podcast Feature
February 6th marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, which raises awareness to challenge long-standing cultural norms and galvanize collective actions to end the practice. In an episode of Public Health On Call, Center Director, Michele Decker and Nicole Warren discuss some key facts about FGM/C.
New Intersectionality Course
New Intersectionality Course!
Led by Affiliated Faculty Dr. Tiara Willie, the new Intersectionality in Public Mental Health course explores how racism, sexism, classism, and more intersect to shape experiences of violence and mental health symptoms. Offered in the 3rd term.
New funding to build the evidence based on sexual violence prevention on college campuses
New funding to build the evidence based on sexual violence prevention on college campuses
Researchers at the Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity have been awarded a Phase 2 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for their work in environmental and situation prevention of sexual violence, in collaboration with policy and practitioner partners at Maryland Department of Health, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Bowie State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Check out our practitioner guide, developed through Phase 1, on how to leverage existing data to guide prevention.
New data from Agile 2.0 profiled in The Star
Why Nairobi GBV survivors don’t seek help: New data from Agile 2.0 profiled in The Star
Data from Center-led projects in Nairobi Kenya, in collaboration with Kenyatta University Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (KU WEE Hub), and ICRH Kenya, demonstrate that survivors of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence are not seeking help for their experiences, owing to fear, stigma, and shame. As reported by The Star, Nairobi, the data revealed approximately one in three GBV survivors seek help and one in two speak to someone about their experience.
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