FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard

Just 1 more day! 🎉 Tomorrow, Margareta Matache brings her new book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences into conversation with Mary T. Bassett, Abadir Ibrahim, & Bram Wispelwey.
📅 Mar 5 | 4–5:30 PM
📍 Countway Library + Online
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An exciting week ahead! Don’t miss the hybrid fireside chat celebrating The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences by Margareta Matache.
📅 March 5 | 4–5:30 PM EST
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What remains unspoken shapes what endures.

Celebrating the launch of The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences by Dr. Margareta Matache.

📅 March 5 | Hybrid
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‘Bad public health’: Pregnant immigrants are skipping care amid deportation fears - The Boston Globe While it’s not clear whether an anecdotal reduction in visits represents a longterm trend, the public health implications are worrying.

When fear keeps patients from prenatal care, maternal health suffers.

Reporting from @bostonglobe.com features insights from Margaret Sullivan on why some pregnant patients are delaying prenatal care.

Access and trust matter.

Join us for a (in-person/Zoom) fireside chat launching Dr. Margareta Matache’s new book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences, on anti-Roma racism in Europe, with Mary Bassett, Abadir Ibrahim & Bram Wispelwey.

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December 10. War and the public's health, commemorating World Human Rights Day. 1pm-2pm EST. Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room. Open to the public. hsph.me/Peace-Health. Speaker: Barry Levy, MD, MPH, physician and epidemiologist. Moderator: Yara Asi, PhD, FXB Visiting Scientist. Welcoming remarks: Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, FXB Center Director.

Commemorate Human Rights Day by joining our fireside chat on war and the public's health with Dr. Barry Levy & FXB Visiting Scientist @yara-asi.bsky.social. FXB Director Dr. Mary Bassett will deliver opening remarks.

🗓️ Dec. 10 | 1pm-2pm ET
📍 Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room
➡️ hsph.me/Peace-Health

A book by Margareta Matache, PhD Director of the FXB Center Roma Program for Health and Human Rights

📣 Just published: The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism:(Un)uttered Sentences by FXB Roma Program Director @magdamatache.bsky.social!

Pre-order on @routledgebooks.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/5v6hwuxh

Read a short excerpt on Foreign Policy in Focus: tinyurl.com/4nzfx59w

December 10. War and the public's health, commemorating World Human Rights Day. 1pm-2pm EST. Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room. Open to the public. hsph.me/Peace-Health. Speaker: Barry Levy, MD, MPH, physician and epidemiologist. Moderator: Yara Asi, PhD, FXB Visiting Scientist. Welcoming remarks: Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, FXB Center Director.

Commemorate Human Rights Day by joining our fireside chat on war and the public's health with Dr. Barry Levy & FXB Visiting Scientist @yara-asi.bsky.social. FXB Director Dr. Mary Bassett will deliver opening remarks.

🗓️ Dec. 10 | 1pm-2pm ET
📍 Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room
➡️ hsph.me/Peace-Health

Webinar: Report-back from the 2ND Africa-CARICOM summit on reparations. In conversation: Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH and Brittney Francis, PhD, MPH. Moderator: Serhat Yildirim, MD, MMSc. Monday, December 8, 2025. 1pm-2pm EST, Zoom. hsph.me/CARICOM.

📣 Join us on Zoom at 1pm ET on Dec. 8 to hear FXB Director Dr. Mary Bassett and Research Scientist Dr. Brittney Francis talk about their experiences attending the 2025 2nd Africa-CARICOM Summit on Reparations. Moderated by FXB Research Associate Dr. Serhat Yildirim.

Register: hsph.me/CARICOM

Excited to head to @fxbharvard.bsky.social next week to talk about Peace and the Public's Health to commemorate World Human Rights Day.

To register, visit: <https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aWq4qcQ94il8hJs>

FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University. We are hiring: executive assistant and administrative coordinator. Details: hsph.me/Join-Us. Apply now.

📢 Would you like to join our team? We are looking for an Executive Assistant & Administrative Coordinator!

This full-time, hybrid-format position requires excellent communication & interpersonal skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to effectively multi-task.

Details: hsph.me/Join-Us

MEMOROBIA conference - Slavery in Moldova and Wallachia: Silences, Memory, and Resistance https://www.hlsenteret.no/arrangementer/2025/memorobia-conference---slavery-in-moldova-and-wall.html The agenda will include scientific presentations on the history, legacies, and memory of institutionalized slavery in the Romanian principalities. Additionally, it will explore the role of the arts in memorialization and resistance. The event will be held in a hybrid format to facilitate dialogue between in-person and remote participants. In-person location: MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society; The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies (HL-senteret), Norway. Online on Zoom. Detailed conference program can be found further down on the page. Changes to the program may occur. The program of the conference will include: Panel discussions that explore the history of Roma slavery, reflect on its legacy, memorialization, and past and present forms of resistance. The launch of the Critical Romani Studies special issue “Racialized Slavery in Moldova and Wallachia: Legacies and Silences” Panels and performances about the role of the arts in remembering the history of Roma slavery. An exhibition about Roma slavery, curated by the MEMOROBIA research team and The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies. The conference program will feature leading voices of the fields of history, education, memory, and arts, including the confirmed: Emanuel Barica, Ian Hancock, Luiza Medeleanu, Petre Petcut, Oana Rusu, and Alexandru Zamfir. This event is jointly organized by MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Amare Rromentza, the Roma Program for Health and Human Rights at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, and the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies. The conference is organized under the framework of the MEMOROBIA project, funded by the Research Council of Norway.

🎤 Tune in to Day 2 of the MEMOROBIA conference!

Coming up are a panel discussion on the role of the arts in remembering the history of Roma slavery and a conversation on documenting and remembering Roma slavery: tinyurl.com/2uaw7ja5

The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences Anti-Roma racism, one of Europe’s oldest and most enduring racisms, has been neglected in mainstream theories and discourse. This book situates anti-Roma racism within national and intra-continental h...

📣 Live now! FXB's Roma Program Director, Dr. @magdamatache.bsky.social has just launched her new book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences" during the MEMOROBIA conference: tinyurl.com/6w9bj9wt

More information about the book: tinyurl.com/5v6hwuxh

🎤 Watch the MEMOROBIA conference live now!

This event features leading voices in the fields of history, education, memory & arts and concludes the research project MEMOROBIA: Memorialization of Romani Enslavement in the Territories of Contemporary Romania, co-led by Dr. @magdamatache.bsky.social.

Resilience, a word that once described solidarity and shared responsibility has become a way to shift the burden onto the poor and abridge their human rights. If we truly believe in the rights we have already signed on to, resilience cannot be the end goal. Our task is not to make vulnerable populations more adaptable to injustice, but to make the powerful more accountable for it. Resilience was never meant to replace justice. And the right to health should never depend on how much suffering people can endure.” Jehane Sedky, Resilience is no substitute for justice Cognoscenti, November 21, 2025

💡FXB Executive Director Jehane Sedky reflects on "The Price of Resilience" in @wbur.org's Cognoscenti. Focus has shifted to measuring how much suffering can be endured—without asking whether #health systems are becoming stronger, inequality narrower, or rights fulfilled.

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Graphic with puzzle pieces listing Convention on the Rights of the Child articles relevant to FXB's work.

November 20, World Children’s Day is a global day of action for children & by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

The CRC serves as a crosscutting, guiding theme for FXB's work as several of its articles are directly connected to each of our programs.

Flier with graphic of iron punishment collar with lock and logos of Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society; FXB Center for Health & Human Rights; Amare Rromentza; The Research Council of Norway; HL-Senteret: The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies.

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Join us for the MEMOROBIA Conference to hear @magdamatache.bsky.social, FXB Roma Program Director, present her upcoming book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences.

November 24–25, 2025, hybrid format.

Agenda and registration: hsph.me/MEMOROBIA

In conversation: Dr. L’Bertrice Solomon, LP.D., JD, MPH, MMSc, and FXB Director, Dr. Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH. Webinar: Inherited trauma, inherited equity: Reparations as a determinant of health. Wednesday, November 19, 2025. 1:00pm-2:00pm EST.

Inherited trauma, inherited equity: Reparations as a determinant of health

Dr. L’Bertrice Solomon, LP.D., JD, MPH, MMSc, and FXB Director, Dr. Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, will explore the intersection of reparative justice & racial trauma’s legacy.

🗓️ Nov. 19 | 1-2pm EST
📍 Zoom: hsph.me/inherited-trauma

The founding vision of the G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program The G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program (Landry CP Training) is a one-week, on-site intensive course for mid-career professionals who work to protect children from abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect, whether at an international organization, a local NGO, or a government agency. Learn more: https://fxb.harvard.edu/g-barrie-landry-child-protection-professional-training-program/

📢 Are you a mid-career professional working to protect #children from abuse, violence, exploitation & neglect? Consider applying for the 2026 G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program!

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2025
Application: hsph.me/FXB-LandryCP

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Harvard at COP30 - The Salata Institute This year, Harvard faculty and students will join convenings in São Paulo and Belém exploring some of the toughest conversations on the table at COP30. These experts and future leaders approach the cl...

Harvard Chan C-CHANGE is headed to #COP30!

Our dir @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social is in Belém centering #health in climate conversations by making the case that health benefits are primary reasons to accelerate the clean energy transition.

Find us at COP: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/harvard-at-c...

FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University. We are hiring: executive assistant and administrative coordinator. Details: hsph.me/Join-Us. Apply now.

📢 Would you like to join our team? We are looking for an Executive Assistant & Administrative Coordinator!

This full-time, hybrid-format position requires excellent communication & interpersonal skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to effectively multi-task.

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Health, Rights, and Justice | FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University The FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University advances the idea that health is a fundamental human right. For over three decades, the Center has focused on urgent and often neglected issues from children orphaned by AIDS to the structural inequalities driving poor health outcomes in the United States and globally. Through interdisciplinary research, teaching, and advocacy, FXB bridges public health and human rights, addressing gaps in evidence, policy, and legal frameworks. Bringing together experts from medicine, law, social science, and public health, the Center produces influential scholarship, trains future leaders, and amplifies marginalized voices to promote justice and equity in health. https://fxb.harvard.edu

💡This year's @apha.org annual meeting is wrapping up today so we leave you with APHA TV's video about the FXB Center’s mission and scholarship. FXB was selected as one of the featured partners in the 2025 Thought Leadership Film Series: tinyurl.com/2u55wd8v

Vasileia Digidiki

💡 Are you at the 2025 @apha.org Annual Meeting?

Stop by "Violations of Human Rights: Analyzing Immigration Challenges in the United States and Around the World" right now to hear about research by Distress Migration Program Director Dr. Vasileia Digidiki.

More information: tinyurl.com/zc43t97b

Dr. Margaret (Maggie) Sullivan Sullivan, FNP-BC, DrPH, FAAN

💡 Are you attending the 2025 @apha.org annual meeting?

Director of the FXB Center Program on Immigrants and Unhoused Communities, Dr. Margaret (Maggie) Sullivan Sullivan, FNP-BC, DrPH, FAAN, will be presenting TODAY, November 3, 2025 from 3:30pm-3:45pm.

More information: tinyurl.com/yc269j2u

FXB Center for Health & Human Rights logo. 2025 APHA Disability Section Health Equity Award Recipient. Jumana Odeh, MD, MPH, FXB Visiting Scholar. fxb.harvard.edu.

🥂 Congratulations to FXB Visiting Scholar Dr. Jumana Odeh on the 2025 @apha.org Disability Section Health Equity Award!

Her Palestinian Happy Child Centre & “Happy Child” model, created more than 30 years ago, grew into a replicable framework for community-based disability care across the region.

FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University. We are hiring: executive assistant and administrative coordinator. Details: hsph.me/Join-Us. Apply now.

📢 Would you like to join our team? We are looking for an Executive Assistant & Administrative Coordinator!

This full-time, hybrid-format position requires excellent communication & interpersonal skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to effectively multi-task.

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“The thread that runs through all of child exploitation is the normalization of violence. What is so difficult to change? There needs to be a paradigm shift.” Nandana Dev Sen. Treating violence against children as a disease, October 28, 2025.

💡How can we diagnose, treat, and prevent violence against children, as if it were a disease?

Nandana Sen joined us for a wide-ranging discussion to mark the publication of "Protecting the World’s Children: Public Health, Human Rights, Capabilities," co-edited by FXB Senior Fellow Susan Bissell!

Our new analysis of COVID-19 donor funding reveals a profound disconnect between the rhetoric of global solidarity and the reality: 60% of official development assistance was issued as loans while direct support to partner governments was minimal with less than nine percent reaching partner governments as grants.” Jehane Sedky, Abbey GardneR, Louise C. Ivers, Loans dominated COVID-19 funding: it's time to adjust, The Lancet, October 25, 2025

📢 When #COVID19 was declared a pandemic, it triggered a wave of aid commitments. An analysis of donor funding revealed profound disconnect between reality and the rhetoric of global solidarity.

Read @thelancet.com commentary by FXB's Jehane Sedky, Abbey Gardner & Louise Ivers: tinyurl.com/bddp5zvf

FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University. We are hiring: executive assistant and administrative coordinator. Details: hsph.me/Join-Us. Apply now.

📢 Would you like to join our team? We are looking for an Executive Assistant & Administrative Coordinator!

This full-time, hybrid-format position requires excellent communication & interpersonal skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to effectively multi-task.

Details: hsph.me/Join-Us

YouTube video by FXB Harvard The founding vision of the G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program

📢 Are you a mid-career professional working to protect #children from abuse, violence, exploitation & neglect? Consider applying for the 2026 G. Barrie Landry Child Protection Professional Training program!

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2025
Application: hsph.me/FXB-LandryCP

The program's founding vision ↘️