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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 1d

October 11 is the #DayOfTheGirl and marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration - our blueprint for gender equality: tinyurl.com/4c5sa928

Professor Jacqueline Bhabha, JD, MSc, and Vasileia Digidiki, MSc, PhD, wrote about the protection chasm in contemporary child migration: tinyurl.com/34urdxax

Multiple interrelated factors drive child migration. While some overlap with the drivers of adult migration, girls also migrate as a result of child-specific persecution and harms, such as recruitment as a child soldier, child abuse, child marriage, and the threat of female circumcision. Being denied a regular pathway toward a more rights-respecting life, they are forced to migrate without the proper documentation and identification and are thus more likely to face increased chances for abuse. An effective system of support and legal representation and protection centering children, and particularly girls, in host countries would go a long way towards safeguarding their safety and future. Vasileia Digidiki, MSc, PhD and Jacqueline Bhabha, JD, MSc, “The protection chasm: Contemporary child migration and the enduring denial of legal, safe or regular mobility options” in Bissell, Susan, and A.K. Shiva Kumar (eds), Protecting the World's Children: public health, human rights, capabilities, Oxford, 2025.

FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 1d

October 11 is the #DayOfTheGirl and marks 30 years since the Beijing Declaration - our blueprint for gender equality: tinyurl.com/4c5sa928

FXB Center Senior Fellow Susan Bissell coedited a book exploring the protection of children and girls in our increasingly tumultuous world: tinyurl.com/34urdxax

The protection of all children is inextricably linked to the life experience of women, adolescents, and girls. Threats like technology-facilitated cyber harassment, climate change, and environmental degradation exacerbate the risk of violence against women and girls and the likelihood they will face displacement and food scarcity. Sexual violence and early or forced marriage are realities too. Ample evidence shows that effective efforts to keep children safe will require even more focused attention on gendered differences. From a public health and human rights perspective, prevention is key. Susan Bissell, BA, MA, PhD, Bissell, Susan, and A.K. Shiva Kumar (eds), Protecting the World's Children: public health, human rights, capabilities, Oxford, 2025.

FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Are you a mid-career professional working to protect #children from abuse, violence, exploitation & neglect? Consider applying for the 2026 G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program!

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2025
Application: hsph.me/FXB-LandryCP

Hear from past participants ↘️

In their own words: G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program participants

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Know our rights: Legal updates for immigrant health

Join us for a virtual update on #immigration law and policy with Massachusetts healthcare partners Susan Church, Office for Refugees and Immigrants & Heather Yountz, MA Law Reform Institute.

🗓️ Oct. 16 | 2-3pm ET
📍 Zoom
➡️ tinyurl.com/3xybhkuf

Join the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research (LZC), François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, the Health & Law Immigrant Solidarity Network (HLISN), and Massachusetts healthcare partners for a virtual update on immigration law and policy from panelists Susan Church, Chief Operating Officer & Legal Advisor at MA Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI); and Heather Yountz, Senior Immigration Staff Attorney at Massachusetts Law Reform Institute.

Healthcare leaders, providers, workers, public health professionals, and members of the public encouraged to attend.

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 4d

🌏 Did you catch the @hsph.harvard.edu webinar on addressing #climate change?

During a conversation moderated by FXB Faculty Affiliate @gaurabbasu.bsky.social, Gina McCarthy and Bob Inglis discussed solutions and explored opportunities to work across political divides.

Watch ➡️ tinyurl.com/39xz6nd2

Climate change: Seeking bipartisan solutions during turbulent times

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Have you signed up for our flagship publication's email list? Register to receive notifications from @hhrjournal.bsky.social about updates, new issues, papers, and weekly news bulletins: tinyurl.com/4dzdwxx8

📑 Read the journal: www.hhrjournal.org

Photo of printed issues of the Health and Human Rights journal.

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 12d

📢 Applications are open to three-member regional/country teams for the weeklong June 2026 G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training for mid-career professionals who work to protect #children from abuse, violence, exploitation, and neglect.

Apply by Dec. 1, 2025: hsph.me/FXB-LandryCP

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 13d

🎙Disrupting Peace explores why peace hasn't worked and how it still could. Tomorrow, World Peace Foundation's research director Bridget Conley, FXB Senior Fellow Susan Bissell & Dr. Catherine Panter-Brick, discuss war's impact on DNA, resilience, and steps to help kids globally: tinyurl.com/53259vaz

Special guest alert! Disrupting Peace, Susan Bissell, BA, MA, PhD. I'll be discussing the "First Steps to a Peaceful Childhood for All" on the Disrupting Peace podcast. Dropping September 30th! Tune in on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 16d

💡 We have made enormous strides in elucidating pathways by which past legacies and present realities of racial injustice shape inequities in #health and health care.

In NEJM.org, Drs. Nancy Krieger & Mary Bassett discuss duty to fund work on how structural racism harms health ➡️ tinyurl.com/3z44bnap

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 18d

📣 Are you a @harvard.edu graduate student, passionate about child protection? Apply by 9/29 for our 2025-2026 #Child Protection Certificate program!

This interdisciplinary program incorporates ongoing child protection research and practice grounded in field-based realities. Details: hsph.me/FXB-CPC

Child protection certificate program. Are you passionate about child protection? The FXB Center’s Child Protection Certificate Program (CPC) is a pioneering initiative that offers Harvard graduate students a unique, interdisciplinary qualification in child protection and equips future professionals with essential tools and perspectives. Courses integrate diverse sectors such as health, education, social services, and law enforcement. Apply now! hsph.me/FXB-CPC

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Applications are open to three-member regional/country teams for the weeklong June 2026 G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training for mid-career professionals who work to protect #children from abuse, violence, exploitation & neglect.

Apply by Dec. 1, 2025: hsph.me/FXB-LandryCP

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 24d

Dr. Satchit Balsari has been working at the intersection of migration and #climatechange as environmental and climate conditions trigger displacement ➡️ tinyurl.com/4h69db9b

To that end, Harvard #Climate Action Week explores actions to enhance resilience to a changing climate ➡️ tinyurl.com/yh9bsdzu

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 25d

The 2025 Harvard #Climate Action Week is underway and FXB Faculty Affiliate @gaurabbasu.bsky.social and his team have been working towards organizing and empowering health professionals to advance solutions. Read more on @aamc.org ➡️ tinyurl.com/58ch48s5

This week's events ➡️ tinyurl.com/yh9bsdzu

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 26d

📣 Are you a @harvard.edu graduate student, passionate about child protection? Apply now for our 2025-2026 #Child Protection Certificate program!

This interdisciplinary program incorporates ongoing child protection research and practice grounded in field-based realities. Details: hsph.me/FXB-CPC

FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Join us to hear Ta-Nehisi Coates, discuss his latest book, The Message. Introductory remarks: FXB Director Dr. Mary Bassett, MD, MPH. Moderator: Professor of English Namwali Serpell, PhD.

🗓️ Sept. 24, 2025
📍 Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall. Harvard ID required.
⏱️ 6pm-7pm EDT.
➡️ hsph.me/The-Message

Logos: FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University, Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University Department of English, Harvard History Department. The Message: A book talk with author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates. Wednesday, September 24, 2025. 6:00pm-7:00pm EDT. Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall. Harvard ID required. Register: Hsph.me/the-message. Doors open at 5:30.

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Sep 11

📢 Applications are open for the weeklong June 2026 G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training for mid-career professionals who work to protect #children from abuse, violence, exploitation & neglect.

Applicants must apply as country teams of three by Dec. 1, 2025: hsph.me/FXB-LandryCP

"Phenomenal: The topics, instructors, and the learning environment were all harmonized, permitting a holistic understanding of the child protection field." G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program participant.

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Sep 9

📝 Have you read our Roma Program report, co-authored by its Director, Dr. @magdamatache.bsky.social, examining everyday discrimination experienced by Roma community in Canada's Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area?

Read the overview featured on Travellers Times below!

Full report ➡️ hsph.me/Roma-Canada

Canadian Roma: A People Uncounted

www.travellerstimes.org.uk

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 Are you a @harvard.edu graduate student, passionate about child protection? Apply now for our 2025-2026 #Child Protection Certificate program!

This interdisciplinary program incorporates ongoing child protection research and practice grounded in field-based realities. Details: hsph.me/FXB-CPC

FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣 Are you a Harvard University graduate student, passionate about child protection? Apply for our 2025-2026 #Child Protection Certificate program!

This interdisciplinary program incorporates ongoing child protection research and practice grounded in field-based realities. Apply: hsph.me/FXB-CPC

FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 Applications are open for the weeklong June 2026 G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training for mid-career professionals who work to protect #children from abuse, violence, exploitation & neglect.

Applicants must apply as country teams of three by Dec. 1, 2025: hsph.me/FXB-LandryCP

Group photo of 2025 Landry program cohort on the steps of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Aug 22

Note: The final version of the Halifax Declaration, following the conference 2025 International Refugee and Migration Health Conference, was published in @thelancet.com and can be read here: tinyurl.com/2s4k34hr

FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Aug 22

💡 FXB Affiliate and #health #equity advocate @rohankhaz.bsky.social and his team published a study on @nejm.org describing the history of how race and pulmonary function testing quantify lung function impairment and outlining a path toward more equitable evaluations.

Read ➡️ tinyurl.com/49sahazm

Race-based pulmonary-function test (PFT) guidelines were taught to clinicians for decades, despite questions about their validity and implications of use. Within medicine, a growing consensus gradually emerged for ending inaccurate and imprecise uses of race as a standalone proxy for biologic or genetic traits. Significant gaps persist, however, in implementation of race-neutral PFT equations in the United States and worldwide, because race has long been embedded in PFT interpretation. The path to universally equitable evaluation of occupational pulmonary-function impairment—and to remedying the harms of previous race-based approaches—will benefit from further engagement with patients, medical societies, regulatory bodies, payers, researchers, and clinicians.” Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH, FXB Affiliate

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌍 Have you applied to the 2026 Global COACH? Apply in teams of 3 to this tuition-free 6-month program for #health professionals working at the climate-health intersection to gain organizing skills, mentorship & a certificate from the FXB Center. ➡️ fxb.harvard.edu/global-coach/

#ClimateHealth

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Aug 14

#Children in the criminal justice system have complex physical and mental #health needs, often exacerbated by incarceration. Tess Kelly and team published a paper on @ameracadpeds.bsky.social to highlight major policy gaps & inform advocacy to improve healthcare access.

Read ➡️ tinyurl.com/mv69t96f

"Current standards for access to medical care in state juvenile confinement facilities are insufficient to address the urgent and unmet health needs of incarcerated youth. There is a need for strengthened standards enshrined in state and federal law, which are more durable than policy or administrative code, along with legislated monitoring and oversight frameworks. These measures are crucial to ensuring that incarcerated youth receive at least the same standard of care as their peers in the community.” Tess L. Kelly, Joshua Dankoff, Elizabeth Barnert
“Minimum Standards for Medical Care of Youth Incarcerated Across the United States” Pediatrics, July 21, 2025

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FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard @fxbharvard.bsky.social · Aug 2

On August 2, we commemorate Sinti and Roma Holocaust victims. FXB Director of the Roma Program for Health and Human Rights, @magdamatache.bsky.social, wrote about her experiences researching this old trope and its consequences on Al Jazeera: tinyurl.com/yfxse24f

2024 report: hsph.me/Roma-Canada

While some official statements and ceremonies that commemorate the Holocaust acknowledge its Roma and Sinti victims – such as during the recent 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz – many institutions still depict and distance them as part of a separate genocide or as “other victims” of Nazi regimes. In part, this stems from the racist myth of criminality that accompanied the campaign of mass extermination of Romani people and the telling of history afterwards. Margareta Matache, PhD, Lecturer, Director of the FXB Center Roma Program for Health and Human Rights. “Allowing racist tropes about Romani people to persist is dangerous” Al Jazeera Opinion, 2025

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