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Volume 13, Number 1

Abstract – Fanm ayisyen pap kase: Respecting the right to health of Haitian women and girls1 Lisa Davis and Blaine Bookey Abstract Only in recent years has violence against women begun to receive international attention as both a public health and…

Identification of human trafficking victims in health care setting

Susie B. Baldwin, David P. Eisenman, Jennifer N. Sayles, Gery Ryan, Kenneth S. Chuang Health and Human Rights 13/1 Published June 2011 Abstract Background An estimated 18,000 individuals are trafficked into the United States each year from all over the…

Intersection 4: Building health and human rights into communities

Health and Human Rights 13/1 Published June 2011 The importance of creating a “culture of human rights” at the community level is typically discussed in relation to warfare and other forms of official violence. Only rarely do health and other key social…