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Human Rights January 26, 2023

Join the Global Human Rights Movement in 2023

Mary Tyler of Mary E. Tyler Consulting, LLC. writes for the Dayton Daily News about Human Rights Cities and the Dayton c

Human Rights January 10, 2023

Fall 2022 student events elevate sensitive human rights issues at UD

Last semester student interns at the Human Rights Center planned, facilitated, presented at and attended events on campus. Read some of their reflections and insights taken from events on reproductive justice, Indigenous Peoples’ rights and invisible disabilities.

Human Rights January 03, 2023

HRC students reflect on their fall 2022 off campus learning

HRC students traveled all over the state and region to expand their knowledge of human rights by advocating at the state house, attending conferences and dialogue events. Read how these learning experiences impacted their perspectives on human rights advocacy.

Human Rights December 19, 2022

INS Capstone: Advocacy for imprisoned scholars in Iran

International Studies seniors reflect on their semester long capstone project of creating an advocacy campaign for scholars Nilofar Bayani and Ahmadreza Djalali. Through learning the history of Iran, staying up to date on recent news, and understanding how advocacy takes shape, we worked to inform our campus and community about the assaults on academic freedom in Iran.

Human Rights December 13, 2022

Centering Advocacy against Gender-Based Violence in U.S. Foreign Policy

Professor Jamie L. Small explores her experience in co-leading the process to formulate the update to the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Globally, which was launched at the end of this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence campaign.

Human Rights December 13, 2022

A new honor for Romero Award Winner David Morales

We congratulate the University of Dayton Romero Human Rights Award winner, David Morales for his receipt of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) Human Rights Award this year in Washington, D.C. Morales received the Romero honor from the University of Dayton for his ceaseless dedication to human rights and transitional justice in El Salvador.

Human Rights December 07, 2022

Art Against Authoritarianism: Crack Rodriguez at UD

Human Rights Studies and the department of Art and Design invited Salvadoran artist and activist Crack Rodriguez to the University of Dayton, where he shared his thoughts on the current crisis of violence in El Salvador as well as the struggles of immigrants seeking safety in the United States.

Human Rights December 05, 2022

Remembering Julia Reichert

The Human Rights Center grieves the departure of Julia Reichert, teacher, mentor, agitator, and filmmaker.

Engineering November 30, 2022

Engineering systems for the common good: With math, class hopes to offer solutions to homelessness

It's an equation that may seem impossible, an engineering professor using math to help find solutions for homelessness in Montgomery County, but Raúl Ordóñez believes his class can calculate some very real answers.

Human Rights November 30, 2022

Democracy and the Social Practice of Human Rights in Africa

African scholar-practitioners gather on the sidelines of the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in The Gambia to share insights on the perils and potential the pandemic has created for human rights advocacy in Africa.

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