Grant announcement – The Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) receives grant to study violence and discrimination affecting Asian Californians as part of a $1.1 million University of California initiative

San Diego, Feb28, 2023 — The Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) at the University of California, San Diego is the recipient of a grant to support research on violence affecting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) communities in California. The Statewide Behavioral Surveillance on Asian Californians’ Experiences of Violence and Discrimination and Their […]

Grant announcement – The Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) receives grant to study violence and discrimination affecting Asian Californians as part of a $1.1 million University of California initiative

San Diego, Feb28, 2023 — The Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) at the University of California, San Diego is the recipient of a grant to support research on violence affecting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) communities in California. The Statewide Behavioral Surveillance on Asian Californians’ Experiences of Violence and Discrimination and Their […]

KPBS – Why did the flu hit San Diego County so hard at the end of 2022?

In the article, “Study: Violence dropped in California — but was alarmingly high for this group” by author Graph Massara, new research from GEH’s California Violence Experiences Survey (CalVEX) was used to discuss “grim rates” of violence against trans and nonbinary people, despite overall reductions in violence across California.  “I wish I could say I […]

Press Release – The LEGO Foundation: Lever for Change

In the article, “Study: Violence dropped in California — but was alarmingly high for this group” by author Graph Massara, new research from GEH’s California Violence Experiences Survey (CalVEX) was used to discuss “grim rates” of violence against trans and nonbinary people, despite overall reductions in violence across California.  “I wish I could say I […]

GEH at #SBCCSummit 2022

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Press Release – IIDC wins A $1M grant award to lay foundations for a national movement for responsible, engaged and loving fatherhood

In the article, “Study: Violence dropped in California — but was alarmingly high for this group” by author Graph Massara, new research from GEH’s California Violence Experiences Survey (CalVEX) was used to discuss “grim rates” of violence against trans and nonbinary people, despite overall reductions in violence across California.  “I wish I could say I […]

UC San Diego Today – Violence is Common and Increasing in Pandemic-Era California

In the article, “Study: Violence dropped in California — but was alarmingly high for this group” by author Graph Massara, new research from GEH’s California Violence Experiences Survey (CalVEX) was used to discuss “grim rates” of violence against trans and nonbinary people, despite overall reductions in violence across California.  “I wish I could say I […]

Unequal paid work, unpaid domestic labor, and inadequate access to high quality childcare: Is this women’s economic empowerment?

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