Exploring Equity in Multisector Community Health Partnerships

This case describes the challenges of introducing life-saving community- or citizen-based first-aid services in China, using the story of First Respond. That organization was founded after several business school alumni died from sudden cardiac arrest that might have been prevented if cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) had been available and people knew how to use them. The case presents background on both first aid and social enterprises in China; it then explains…

This data portal from the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) accompanies the Families in a Changing World: Progress of the World’s Women 2019-2020 report. It provides the most recent data on topics related to women’s health including household composition and living arrangements, labor force participation rates by sex and marital status, law and legal frameworks, as well as migration trends. This data can be broken down by specific…

Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit human rights organization that seeks to investigate and document human rights abuses, aiming to pressure governments, armed groups, and businesses for policy changes. The organization leads advocacy efforts and partners with organizations across the globe to empower citizens, hold perpetrators of human rights abuses accountable, and bring justice to victims. The Human Rights Watch is covering some of the world’s gravest crises including Syria’s civil war, the Rohingya refugee…