GEH at #SBCCSummit 2022
The Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is joining thousands of colleagues from around the world to learn from each other and discuss approaches to addressing the most pressing health and development issues at this year’s International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit. Throughout the 2022 […]
Unequal paid work, unpaid domestic labor, and inadequate access to high quality childcare: Is this women’s economic empowerment?
Huilin Li, Katherine Hay, Jennifer Yore, Rebecca Levine, Anita Raj The rate of labor force participation in California is stagnant, maintaining a 13% gender gap that disadvantages women. Correspondingly, women’s unemployment rate is also higher than that seen for men in the state, having worsened for females more than for males at the start of […]
Press Release – UC San Diego Awarded $38 Million USAID Grant to Improve Global Health Equity
The project, dubbed Agency for All, is the largest grant of its type to the university and will fund an international network to promote and sustain improved health and agency in low- and middle-income countries The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded a $38 million, five-year project led by the Center on Gender […]
Lancet Publishes Commentary on Centering Agency in Adolescent Health
Authored by Research Scientist Nandita Bhan of the Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development and GEH’s Assistant Professor Lotus McDougal, PhD, the commentary “Centring agency and norms to meet the health needs pregnant adolescents” is a response to the systematic review, “The forgotten girls: the state of evidence for health interventions for pregnant […]
GEH’s Rebecca Fielding-Miller PhD, MSPH receives funding from UC-CDPH Collaborative for Pandemic Resiliency Research
In October, GEH’s Dr. Rebecca Fielding-Miller received an award from The California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research (CPR³) for their research on pandemic-related burnout among socially vulnerable caregivers in California. Their research will help to address evidence gaps in how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the health and wellbeing of communities throughout California. More […]
San Francisco Chronicle Features New Research from GEH’s California Violence Experiences Survey
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 […]
San Francisco Chronicle Features New Research from GEH’s California Violence Experiences Survey
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 […]
California Center for Population Research to host second Demography Conference
The California Center for Population Research (CCPR) will host a second All-UC Demography Conference on UCLA campus on May 16 and 17, 2024. This event is open to all University of California faculty and graduate students as well as all researchers affiliated with UC population and poverty centers, including Berkeley Population Center, Broom Center for […]
Grant Announcement – GEH Joins Team to Promote Gender Equality Under New USAID ECODIT Award
ECODIT, in partnership with USAID’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub (GenDev), will implement the “Gender Leadership, Equity, and Advancement for Development (LEAD) program” over the next five years. In partnership with Iris Group, Making Cents International, and PRB, GEH will be tackling comprehensive, adaptable, intersectional, trust-based, and locally led assistance options for expanding gender […]
Grant Announcement — GEH Joins Team to Promote Gender Equality Under New USAID ECODIT Award
ECODIT, in partnership with USAID’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub (GenDev), will implement the “Gender Leadership, Equity, and Advancement for Development (LEAD) program” over the next five years. In partnership with Iris Group, Making Cents International, and PRB, GEH will be tackling comprehensive, adaptable, intersectional, trust-based, and locally led assistance options for expanding gender […]
