Transgender Health and Wellbeing: Infographic

This report from the World Health Organization reviews human rights laws at the international, regional, and national levels and examines how countries around the world support sexual health through the implementation of policy and other mechanisms. The importance of protecting the right to sexual health – which is defined today as the state of physical, emotional, mental, and social wellbeing in relation to sexuality – was highlighted during the HIV epidemic. Discrimination and inequality played…

This Lancet Commission report examines the relationships between health, gender equality, conflict, and peace. As the world faces an influx of overlapping crises such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and widespread economic pressures, global leaders and governments are faced with a growing inability to address these crises and their potential harms. The report highlights how improving gender equality and health equity can spark transformation in reducing conflict and building peace worldwide, and emphasizes the…

This case study follows a manager of a bar near Western University’s campus, which is under scrutiny on social media and by local news reporters due to reported sexual assault incidences at the venue. The case describes the ways in which the bar’s manager interacts with community members, including the local police and Western University’s Sexual Violence Prevention team, to collaborate on how to use targeted resources and strategies to address the repeated sexual assault…