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Researchers, physicians, and activists who have inspired Bloomberg School faculty and shaped the field of public health

Eliminating gender-based violence and harmful practices like child marriage and FGM/C is one priority area of the new Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity.

Kathryn Falb is a recognized leader in preventing violence against women and children in humanitarian settings.

On its 75th anniversary, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the world’smost translated document—but implementing it presents constant challenges. Nadia Akseer, founder of Mission Afghanistan 2030, discusses the challenges of achieving its aims.

I buried my dreams when I left Afghanistan. One day I’ll return to them.

How laws governing war apply to health and human rights.

The growing humanitarian health crisis in Gaza is straining an already overwhelmed global system.

Medical schools have an ethical responsibility to produce a competent and diverse physician workforce, and there are many ways to achieve this beyond race-conscious admissions, writes Diamanta Panford-Ufere, an MPH candidate at BSPH.

Gilda A. Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering, shares the story of how she confronted racism in the classroom as a young girl.

Throughout the world, gender inequities in health are readily apparent, preventing women from receiving the health care they need, in a timely manner, and delivered in a way that responds to their unique needs and expectations, thus demanding a focus on women-centered solutions.

In post-Roe America, the potential overturn of the FDA’s approval of the abortion medication mifepristone looms as the latest threat to abortion access—jeopardizing telemedicine advances that helped make self-managed abortions a reality even for women living in areas where abortion is severely restricted.

Women are the driving force behind global health. They make up 70% of the global health workforce and 90% of frontline health workers, yet they hold only 25% of senior decision-making roles in the field. Why are women are not progressing into leadership roles?