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The Harvard Humanitarian is a monthly e-newsletter compiled by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) to publicize news, publications, and events in the Harvard community related to advancing responses to humanitarian crises of war and disaster. Please help us make this a robust resource by contributing your Harvard community news items via email.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Harvard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award
Presented to Dolores Huerta
The Harvard Foundation for
Intercultural and Race Relations presented its Humanitarian of the Year Award to Dolores Huerta on February 9, 2009. The
reception consisted of brief remarks by Harvard faculty, Black
Students Association President, Timothy Turner, RAZA President, Marvin
Urzua and Latinas Unidas President, Eliana Murrillo. Dolores
Huerta, who is most recognized for co-founding the United Farm Workers Association
with Cesar Chavez, was recently named "the most prominent Chicana labor leader in the United
States" by National Hispanic Women Magazine. She received an honorary doctorate degree from
Princeton University for her "insatiable hunger of justice -La Causa- and her
tireless advocacy". Among many awards and distinctions she has
received/been named: National Women's Hall of Fame Inductee, Eugene V. Debs
Foundation Outstanding American Award, 1993; Ellis Island Medal of
Freedom Award, 1999; Eleanor Roosevelt Award, 1999.
Dynamics of Sexual Violence Seminar focused on Perpetrators, Community Response, and Policy Implications
The January 15th seminar hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars featured Mary Ellsber, Vice President of Health and Development at the International Center for Research on Women, as well as HHI's Jocelyn Kelly and Michael VanRooyen. The panelists discussed the motivations and behavior patterns of
militia and non-militia perpetrators, details of the crisis of sexual violence in the
Eastern DRC, and made recommendations for community, national, and international responses. A video of the panel can be viewed here.
Tsunami Relief and Conflict Development Research Underway in Sri Lanka
HHI Fellow, Mihir Bhatt has been conducting research in and around Trincomalee
harbour in East Sri Lanka evaluating the extent to which tsunami relief
and rehabilitation have corresponded with Sri Lanka's conflict ridden
development. The disaster recovery in conflict areas is
understudied, especially from the point of view of the local stakeholders
and operational teams.
Little is known
about the perceptions these communities have about recent humanitarian actions, and few people in these areas know about humanitarian intervention as an application of modern science. The multi-donor evaluation is supported by the two key ministries
of Nation Building and Plan Implementation in Sri Lanka.
Conflict Early Warning and Crisis Mapping Program: Liberia, Burma, and Georgia-Russia
HHI's Conflict Early Warning and Crisis Mapping Program continues to be
actively involved in defining this new field of practice. The program is exploring different project design options and evaluation frameworks
for a multi-year conflict early warning/response ecosystem in Liberia.
We are closely collaborating with Ushahidi and the Humanitarian Sensor
Web (HSW) in this respect. In addition to the ecosystem initiative, the program continues its Google Earth crisis mapping
work with particular interest in developing dynamic crisis maps
for Burma and the Georgia-Russia conflict.
HHI Fellow Gives Keynote Address at the World Conference on Humanitarian Studies
HHI Fellow, Alex de Waal offered a keynote address to the World
Conference on Humanitarian Studies in Groningen, The Netherlands on February 4 , 2009. To read the text of the address "The
Humanitarians' Tragedy: On the Escapable and Inescapable Cruelties in
the Humanitarian Predicament" click here.
Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege Raise Awareness on Violence in DRC
Playwright and founder of V-Day partners with HHI-affiliate to raise awareness about violence against women in the DRC.
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UPCOMING EVENTS at HARVARD
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listed here are subject to change without notice. Please contact the
event host for more information.
Responsibility to Protect:
The Harvard Human Rights Journal's 2009 Conference
Friday, February 20, 2009
12:00PM-7:00PM
Sheraton Commander
16 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Featuring a keynote address by Edward C. Luck, Special Adviser to the U.N. Secretary-General.
Presented by the Harvard Human Rights Journal, with the generous support from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.
This event is open to the public, though a free registration process must be completed. To register, please click here.
For more details on the conference, including background information on
the Responsibility to Protect doctrine and a complete schedule of
presenters and panels, please visit the Harvard Human Rights Journal Website.
Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Pound Hall 401
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Ph: 617-495-9362
Email: hrp@law.harvard.edu
Brunch with Human Rights Advocate Tutu Alicante
Sunday, February 22, 2009, 11:30AM-12:30PM
Adams House Lower Common Room
Finale dessert will be served.
RSVP Required.
Tutu Alicante, a native of Equatorial Guinea, earned his JD from the Univ.
of Tennessee and his LLM degree from Columbia University Law School. Since
2004, he has worked on natural resource revenue transparency and human
rights accountability in the Gulf of Guinea as a legal consultant for
international human rights organizations. He is founder and executive
director of EG Justice, the first human rights advocacy and capacity-building initiative devoted to Equatorial Guinea.
This event is hosted by Harvard College Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea. If you have any questions, please send an email to
contact@harvardhreg.org.
Carr Center 2008-2009 Wednesday Speaker Series: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Articles
In Honor of the 60th Anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Carr Center's Wednesday Speaker Series for 2008-2009 will focus on its 30 Articles.
Wednesdays from 12:00-1:30PM
Carr Center
conference room
Rubenstein Building - 219
Brown bag lunch
Wednesday, February 25th's discussion will cover UDHR Article 20, the right to peaceful assembly and association, and will feature Radwan Ziadeh, Carr Center Fellow.
Radcliffe Institute Fellows' Presentation Series:
Britain's
War on Poverty
Wednesday, February 25, 2009,
3:30PM
Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
617-495-8212
In 1997, when the Labour Party came into office, the UK had one of the
highest child poverty rates among advanced industrialized countries,
with one in four children in poverty. Two years later, Prime Minister
Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown committed their government to a
comprehensive initiative to eliminate child poverty in 20 years. The presentation by Jane Waldfogel, 2008-2009 Marion Cabot Putnam Memorial Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, will chronicle the origins and scope of Blair's initiative and document the progress and pitfalls that it encountered in the ensuing decade.
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
Harvard Book Store's Winter Author Event Series
Thursday, March 12, 2008, 7PM-8PM
Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
This event is free and open to the public
Royal African Society Director, Richard Dowden will discuss his new book Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles.
After
a lifetime's close observation of the continent, Dowden has penned a landmark book on life and
death in modern Africa. Dowden spins tales of
cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra
Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the internet on Nigeria and aid
on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Zimbabwe,
Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo. From the individual stories of failure
and success comes a surprising portrait of a new Africa emerging-an
Africa that, Dowden argues, can only be developed by its own people.
Dowden's work is an attempt to explain why Africa is the way it is and
calls for a re-examination of the perception of Africa as "the dark
continent." He reveals it as a place of inspiration and tremendous
humanity.
Richard Dowden is director of the Royal African Society. He spent a decade as Africa Editor of the Independent, and then another decade as Africa Editor of the Economist. He has made three television documentaries on Africa, for the BBC and Channel 4.
Destination Freedom: A Learning Approach to Ending Human Trafficking/Modern
Day Slavery
Tuesday,
April 7, 2009, 4-9 pm
Artists
for Humanity Epicenter
100 West Second St., Boston
(2 blocks from the
Broadway T-stop off the Red Line)
A
symposium aimed at increasing student engagement and academic advocacy on the
subject of human trafficking/modern day slavery. 35+ booths will be presented
by collaborators including student groups, NGOs, academic units, researchers,
and advocacy organizations that work within the field. Each booth will define
the different ways which students can become involved with booth collaborator activities.
Also, the agenda will have three full tracks of activities spanning subjects
applicable to the topic that will be geared to all levels of experience and
knowledge.
Organized by Students
for Students - Partner Organizations:
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·Tufts PANGEA - Modern-day Slavery/ Human Trafficking
Committee, a newly formed group that aims to self-educate and to involve
students in our efforts to raise awareness of this central societal issue
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Harvard College Free The Slaves: Alligned with the
national organization Free The Slaves, this organization seeks to bring
together all those within the Harvard community and beyond by strengthening
their commitment to eradicate modern-day slavery through the distribution of
information and fundraising
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Minga: A youth-run non-profit organization dedicated
to ending the global sex trade in children
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Human Trafficking Students: An emerging cross-school
research and advocacy collaborative based in Boston
Students of all kinds are encouraged to attend (high school,
undergrad, grad, post-grad, those interested in engaging with the subject).
Food will be available at the event. Donations will be requested at the door.
For more information please email destinationfreedom09@gmail.com,
or call Eric Goodwin at 508-397-3923. More information will be available soon at www.destinationfreedom.webs.com.
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
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- Attanayake V, McKay R, Joffres M, Singh S, Burkle FM, Mills E.
Prevalence of mental disorders among children exposed to war; a
systematic review of 7, 920 children. Medicine, Conflict and Survival
2009 January-March; 25 (1): 3-17.
- Cavey AMJ, Spector JM, Ehrhardt D, Kittle T, McNeill M, Greenough PG,
Kirsch TD. Mississippi's Infectious Disease Hotline: A Surveillance
and Education Model for Future Disasters. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, January-February 2009: 11-17.
- Djibo A, Isanaka S, Nombela N, et al. Effect of Preventive Supplementation with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food on the Nutritional Status, Mortality, and Morbidity of Children Aged 6 to 60 Months in Niger: A Cluster Randomized Trial. JAMA, 2009; 301(3): 277-285.
- Grais RF, Isanaka S, Villamor E. Assessing the Impact of the Introduction of the World Health Organization Growth Standards and Weight-for-Height z-Score Criterion on the Response to Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children: Secondary Analysis. Pediatrics, 2009; 123; e54-e59.
- Malish R, Oliver D, Rush R, Zarzabal E, Sigmon M, Burkle FM. Potential
Roles of Military-Specific Response to Natural Disasters-Analysis of
the Rapid Deployment of a Mobile Surgical Team to the 2007 Peruvian
Earthquake. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine 2009; 24 (1):3-8
- McQueen KA, Magee M, Crabtree T, Romano C, Burkle FM: Application
of
outcome measures in international humanitarian aid: Comparing indices
through retrospective analysis of corrective surgical care cases. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine 2009;24 (1):39-46.
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About The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
HHI fosters interdisciplinary collaboration at Harvard University in order to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention; instill human rights principles and practices in these strategies; and educate and train the next generation of humanitarian leaders. In 2005, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative was established as a University-wide interfaculty academic and research center, supported by the Office of the Provost and the Harvard School of Public Health with the participation of faculty from Harvard schools and affiliated hospitals. For more information, visit www.hhi.harvard.edu.
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