Written by Julia López PhD, MPH, LCSW and Shan Wang, BA In a city known for its vibrant culture and dynamic health care landscape, ensuring that every patient receives accessible and compassionate healthcare is paramount. Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH) and St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) are two of the four level-one trauma centers in St. […]
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Center welcomes new 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council Members
Written by Riley Novak, Student Advisory Council Member and intern, Center for Human Rights, Gender and Migration The Center for Human Rights, Gender, and Migration recently welcomed eleven new members to its Student Advisory Council (SAC). The members are undergraduate and graduate students from WashU’s College of Arts and Sciences, Law School, Medical School, and […]
Missing Peace Scholar Summer Workshop highlights expertise in research on conflict-related sexual violence
The Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration staff recaps their time at a workshop for Missing Peace Scholars, where the aim is to highlight top research on conflict-related sexual violence.
United for Change: Collaborating to Address LGBTQ+ Migrant and Asylum Seeker Needs
WashU human rights experts including those from the Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration recently jointly hosted a two-day summit in Mexico to address the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ migrants and asylum seekers.
Center hosts Asylum Support Initiative information session, seeks WashU health care volunteers
The Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration seeks WashU volunteers to conduct forensic evaluations for the Asylum Support Initiative. Get involved!
Call for Proposals! Center calls for projects at the intersection of human rights, gender and migration
The Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration calls for proposals focusing on center themes. Apply before May 27!
Seelinger featured in “Washington People” (Links to an external site)
Director of the Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration, Kim Thuy Seelinger, combines social work and law to help prosecute gender-based violence.
Center supports research at the intersection of human rights, gender and migration
Read about the latest seed grants awarded by the Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration.
Center director helps International Criminal Court Prosecutor launch policies on gender-based crimes and children at the United Nations
Read about how our Center for Human Rights, Gender and Migration helped draft a new policy on gender-based crimes and presented it at to the International Criminal Court.
Center co-hosts global symposium on conflict-related sexual violence
Learn more about the 2023 Missing Peace Symposium in Washington DC and how our Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration played a big part.
Toolkit in action: Training on the Gender-based Violence Disclosure Toolkit in Mexico
Learn more about a toolkit training day in Mexico where service organization, Save the Children-Mexico learn how to assess disclosure of Gender-Based Violence.
Call for Proposals by June 28! Center providing seed grants
Read more about the latest call for grant proposals from the Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration!
Collaborator SPOTLIGHT: Faculty Scholar works for equitable care for diverse patients, communities
Faculty Scholar and Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration collaborator, Julia Lopez works toward equitable health care for patients and families.
Center publishes study report & toolkit: Disclosure of gender-based violence in conflict settings
Learn more about a years-long project by our Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration and team, on the disclosure of gender-based violence in conflict settings, via their final report now available for download.
Center director says survivor-centered approach needed when investigating conflict-related sexual violence
Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration Director, Kim Thuy Seelinger was recently a featured guest at the Hague Humanity Lab on an international justice-related podcast concerning conflict-related sexual violence.
Some Russian commanders encouraged sexual violence, says lawyer advising Kyiv (Links to an external site)
Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration Director, Kim Thuy Seelinger, JD, also a special advisor to the ICC, recently spoke about sexual violence in war torn Ukraine.
2022 Institute for Public Health Annual Conference puts the “human” in “Health as a Human Right”
The 15th Institute for Public Health Annual Conference, “Health as a Human Right” centered on how a lack of human rights can affect our health, among other themes.
Center collaborates with Mukwege Foundation and WashU researchers to release report: “Understanding conflict-related sexual violence in Ethiopia”
Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration Director, Kim Thuy Seelinger and a multidisciplinary team have released a report on their study on conflict related sexual violence in Ethiopia.
Seelinger participates in UN General Assembly conference (Links to an external site)
Kim Thuy Seelinger, director of the Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration participated in the United Nations General Assembly event, “Ensuring Accountability for Sexual Violence and Other Violations of International Humanitarian Law”.
WashU Experts: Conflict-related sexual violence needs urgent action (Links to an external site)
Kim Thuy Seelinger, director of the Institute’s Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration and Faculty Scholar, Lindsay Stark, wrote an opinion piece on preventing conflict-related sexual violence. It is featured this month in The Lancet.