Gender, Human Rights & International Affairs

Raymond A. Smith, Ph.D., LL.M.

Federal Democracy: Four Pitfalls for Human Rights

Federalism is rightly viewed as a bulwark of human rights. Yet rights advocates should be aware of its limitations in the protection of…

Sep 6, 2024

Federal Democracy: Four Pitfalls for Human Rights

Sep 6, 2024

Alexandre Coelho

Understanding Human Rights: The Diverging Paths of the USA and China

Two nations, two starkly different interpretations of human rights

Aug 12, 2024

President Joe Biden greets and poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jingping ahead of their bilateral meeting, Monday, November 14, 2022, at the Mulia Resort in Bali, Indonesia. A Chinese flag is flanked by two U.S. flags behind him. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Aug 12, 2024

DJ Humbert

The Panama Canal’s Climate-Driven Conflict Between Human Rights and Development

Global warming draws economic and human interests into direct conflict

Aug 11, 2024

Container ship passing through the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal. The ship is traveling northbound from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

Aug 11, 2024

Santiago Taborga

States are water-boarding our human rights

The case of the Bolivian Water War and its long-term implications for development and access to water

Jan 16, 2024

States are water-boarding our human rights

Jan 16, 2024

Colleen M Shannon, P. Eng., LL.M.

Do AI Hallucinations Disguise Gender Bias?

AI may be contributing to gender inequity. How do we fix that?

Sep 27, 2023

Black-and-white image of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz looking into the dark beyond parted curtains. Only her shoes are red.

Sep 27, 2023

Civil Impact.

Without Women Journalists, We’re Missing Half the Story

Just one-third of the world’s reporters are women. How do we fix this gender gap?

Sep 3, 2023

Without Women Journalists, We’re Missing Half the Story

Sep 3, 2023

Maria Fernanda Aponte

The Patriarchal Myth of Virginity

How the social construct of virginity harms us at both an individual and societal level

Sep 3, 2023

The Patriarchal Myth of Virginity

Sep 3, 2023

Christine Reddell

Let’s Talk About Men and Babies!

Why parental leave for fathers is a women’s rights issue

Aug 16, 2023

Let’s Talk About Men and Babies!

Aug 16, 2023

Raymond A. Smith, Ph.D., LL.M.

From LGBTQIA+ to SOGIESC: Reframing Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights

It’s about much more than just a shift from one awkward abbreviation to another

Aug 16, 2023

From LGBTQIA+ to SOGIESC: Reframing Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights

Aug 16, 2023

Aniya Gill

Silenced and Systematically Oppressed

The Untold Story of Minority Women in Pakistan’s Forced Conversions and Marriages

Jul 24, 2023

Silenced and Systematically Oppressed

Jul 24, 2023

Gender, Human Rights & International Affairs

Covering aspects of gender and human rights in international affairs. A project by students in Professor Raymond Smith’s Gender in International Affairs and Human Rights and Development classes at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs.

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Robert Stribley

Writer. Photographer. UXer. Creative Director. Interests: immigration, privacy, human rights, design. UX: Technique. Teach: SVA. Aussie/American. He/him.

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