We hope this finds you well and taking care at the start of another zoom-filled week. Over here we are finding light in this extraordinay time in the creative backgrounds popping up in otherwise unlikely settings. Well done, team.
Onto the week. Of particular interest are two HRHP social gatherings: one to discuss the concentration in general at our beloved Coffee Chat and the other, our very first virtual Happy Hour for a BYOB of your selection. Details for both events can be found below.
Wishing you, your families and communities wellness and good health.
Grab a cup of coffee (or tea) and hop on Zoom to hangout with the Concentration! We'll be using this time to check in and provide a space to reconnect with fellow HRHPers.
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The world over, transgender people and others belonging to sexual and gender minority groups are disproportionately at risk of violence and discrimination. Humanitarian crises like conflict, disasters and mass migration tend to amplify the vulnerabilities that transgender people are made to endure. Yet they are often excluded from humanitarian assistance because of their identities – the very characteristic for which they are victimized in the first place.
In a new blog and audio recording marking the International Day of Transgender Visibility, Sandra Smiley considers why the unique needs of transgender people have previously been neglected in humanitarian crises – and what must be done to address this oversight.
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Professor Elazar Bakan, Director of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Concentration, Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Rights
