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‘Global Health Justice and Governance’
An image of an earth surrounded by word bubbles describing public health issues like "a lack of global strategy" and "facade of altruism"

There are multiple issues leading to fragmenting and global health inequality, according to Jennifer Prah Ruger. Global health is an issue of justice, not charity, she says. 

‘Global Health Justice and Governance’

In a special issue of the journal Global Health Governance, seven experts reflect upon Jennifer Prah Ruger’s call for a new model of global public health that prioritizes equity and cooperation between nations and agencies.

Kristina García

The world according to Walter Palmer
Wearing a suit and tie, Walter Palmer stands outside of Penn's School of Social Policy and Practice with his hands in his pockets.
  • Q&A

    • The world according to Walter Palmer

    The educator, organizer, and alumnus discusses his six decades of activism, growing up in the Black Bottom, studying and teaching at Penn, his work at CHOP, the student strike of 1967, the Vietnam War, Frank Rizzo, Donald Trump, school choice, gun violence, the Chauvin trial, and why he thinks racism should be declared a national public health crisis.
    Fighting poverty with cash
    Illustration depicting basic needs like food, shelter, transportation, and dollar signs.

    Image: Stephen Schudlich

    Fighting poverty with cash

    Amy Castro Baker has helped deliver promising data out of Stockton, California, about the effects of giving people no-strings-attached money every month. Now boosted by a new research center at Penn that she’ll colead, more cities are jumping on board.

    Toorjo Ghose receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India
    Torju Ghose smiling on a sidewalk in the sunlight.

    Toorju Ghose, associate professor at the School of Social Policy & Practice. (Image: Michael Scott Whitson)

    Toorjo Ghose receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India

    Ghose will be hosted by Presidency University in Kolkata as part of a project to document and teach about the strategies deployed by sex workers to negotiate the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Jessica Bautista

    The ‘dreams and nightmares’ of immigration
    A map with a red line tracing a route from Guatemala to Philadelphia

    Liliana Velásquez left Guatemala alone, at 14 years old. She was one of over 326,000 unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration authorities between 2013 and 2019. 

    The ‘dreams and nightmares’ of immigration

    Author Liliana Velásquez and journalist Juan González narrated personal and collective histories of Latin American migration to the U.S. in a School of Social Policy & Practice event.

    Kristina García

    COVID-19 and women in the workforce
    teacher leaning on desk speaking to student

    Homepage image: During Women’s History Month, researchers across the University examine what we know today about how COVID-19 has affected women in the workforce, from education to STEMM fields.

    COVID-19 and women in the workforce

    Experts across Penn explain how the pandemic has exacerbated gender inequality and challenged female career advancement in the STEMM fields, education, and business.

    Michele W. Berger , Kristina García , Dee Patel , Louisa Shepard

    Guaranteed income increases employment, improves financial and physical health
    Mural of a tree trunk with a banner wrapped around it that reads PLANT THE SEED UBI against a shining sun.

    Image: Courtesy of Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration

    Guaranteed income increases employment, improves financial and physical health

    Results from the first year of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration show that guaranteed income drastically improves job prospects, financial stability and overall wellbeing of recipients.

    From the School of Social Policy & Practice

    Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director
    Sherisse Laud-Hammond stands with arms folded, smiling, in her office.

    Sherisse Laud-Hammond, director of Penn’s Women Center.

    Sherisse Laud-Hammond reflects on transformative year as Penn Women’s Center director

    In 2020, SP2 alum Sherisse Laud-Hammond was named the new director of the Penn Women’s Center, a position in which she is the first Black woman and woman of color to serve.

    From the School of Social Policy & Practice