Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health
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Our Mission
To promote the health and empowerment of women, girls, and people of diverse genders and/or sex characteristics from birth through death through five interconnected strategies: education, research, practice, service, and engagement.
Five Strategies to Achieve Our Mission
The Center for Global Women’s Health will achieve our mission through five diverse strategies:
New Role for Howard
Monique Howard, EdD, MPH, Senior Director of Women’s Health Initiatives in the Center for Global Women’s Health (CGWH), has accepted a secondary role as Senior Director of Community Engagement.
Black Maternal Morbidity and Mortality - Beyond the WHY!
We know why Black women and babies are dying during or after childbirth. Hear from a panel of dynamic birth workers and researchers who center the traditions of the reproductive and birth justice movements while discussing best practices and next steps in increasing the birth outcomes of Black mothers.
Renfield Award Impact Talk: Dr. Vandana Gopikumar
Dr. Vandana Gopikumar, the 2018 awardee of the Penn Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health, in a discussion moderated by Alison Ercole, MSN, BA, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, shared about the impact the award has had on her work. Dr. Gopikumar is the Co-Founder of The Banyan and The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, a nonprofit with the goal of promoting equitable mental health amongst socially disadvantaged groups, within a social justice framework. Watch the April 4, 2023 recording here.
Opening Doors - Center for Global Women’s Health Updates
The Center for Global Women’s Health presented an update to inform about the Center’s recent initiatives, dialogue about collective endeavors, and discuss opportunities for collaboration. Also presenting were two Penn Nursing faculty members, Laura Starbird, PhD, RN and Melanie Kornides, ScD, RN, FNP-BC, who shared how they are actively addressing the Center’s strategic priority areas through their research and scholarship. Watch the March 28, 2023 recording here.
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Human Trafficking
What is the outlook?
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Human Trafficking occurs when force, fraud, or coercion are used to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor services against their will. The goal of this webinar is to provide information about human trafficking, its national and global impact, and the role that active bystanders play in reducing the incidence of human trafficking.
