GEH’s Agency for All Project Receives USAID Marge Horn Award

This month, the Agency for All Project Consortium received the 2022-2023 Marge Horn Award from the USAID Bureau for Global Health’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health’s Research, Technology and Utilization Division (RTU). This is an annual award honoring stand-out implementation science research, global innovators, and practitioners who advance the field of sexual and reproductive […]

New Publication in Social Science and Medicine (SSM) Population Health on Parental Engagement Delaying Child Marriage

Authored by Pintu Paul, PhD, Kalysha Closson, PhD, and Anita Raj, PhD, this study, published in SSM Population Health Journal, explores the link between parental involvement and the delayed marriage of adolescent girls. It investigates if parental engagement is connected to girls’ participation in marital decisions, using longitudinal survey data from Understanding the Lives of […]

Press Release — Non-binary and transgender Californians suffered alarming levels of physical and sexual violence in the past year

Non-binary and transgender Californians suffered alarming levels of physical and sexual violence in the past yearNew survey shows victims suffer severe emotional impact, but most violence goes unreported. WASHINGTON (September 6, 2023) – An annual survey of physical and sexual violence suffered by Californians documents for the first time the higher incidence of violence among […]

Press Release — Non-binary and transgender Californians suffered alarming levels of physical and sexual violence in the past year

Non-binary and transgender Californians suffered alarming levels of physical and sexual violence in the past year New survey shows victims suffer severe emotional impact, but most violence goes unreported. WASHINGTON (September 6, 2023) – An annual survey of physical and sexual violence suffered by Californians documents for the first time the higher incidence of violence […]

Press Release — The UC San Diego Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Lotus McDougal and Dr. Kathryn Barker the leadership team

San Diego, July 5, 2023 — We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Lotus McDougal, PhD, MPH and Kathryn Barker, ScD, MPH to the leadership team of the UCSD Center on Gender Equity and Health. Dr. McDougal and Dr. Barker will play key roles in shaping the center’s vision, developing new streams of work, […]

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The Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) is an action-oriented collective of researchers, policy specialists, and development experts working to eliminate gender inequities through impactful research, intervention testing, and capacity building and bridging.  Our goal is collective impact at scale in partnership with communities, governments, NGOs and INGOs, and partnering academic institutions. GEH has […]