By Emily Morin
Project Alianza Launch Party March 1st
Project Alianza is not-for-profit sustainability effort focused on helping small coffee producers get access to the growing market of conscious US consumers. We support coffee producers from seed to soul by providing mobile education, farming and technology resources, and access to secure, ethical supply chains.
PROJECT ALIANZA LAUNCH PARTY
When: Saturday, March 1st from 6:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Next Mile at Dhar Law, LLP located at Two Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA*
Ticket price is $20 per person** which includes one free drink
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectalianza
Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @ProjectAlianza
SB751 Preventing Sexual Violence Summer Course!
SB751 Preventing Sexual Violence: A Public Health Perspective
Learn about a range of issues pertinent to understanding and preventing sexual violence in the United States. Starting with the history of sexual violence in human history and moving through a series of important topics including theories about why sexual violence occurs, whether perpetrators can ever be rehabilitated, if survivors can recover from PTSD, and how public health professionals can collect data, design and test interventions, and advocate for public policies to further progress on these topics, students will have the opportunity to delve deeply into the many complex debates related to sexual violence prevention and sharpen their basic public health skills in the process. This course is taught by Dr. Emily Rothman, only offered every other year, and fills quickly—please plan ahead for registration. Limit: 25 students
For more information, contact:
Dr. Emily Rothman | erothman@bu.edu | Summer 1: May 20-Jun 26
The Global School on Socioeconomic Rights: 2014 Harvard Course on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Litigation
Applications due July 1. The course flyer and description are attached:
2014 Global School 2 Page Flyer
2014 Global School description
The Global School on Socioeconomic Rights: 2014 Harvard Course on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Litigation
The Program on the Health Rights of Women and Children at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University sponsors an annual course on health rights litigation, as part of the Global School on Socio-Economic Rights. In 2014, the Harvard course will focus exclusively on sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) litigation, including such topics as: abortion, criminalization of sex work, litigating LGBT rights in varied contexts, access to sexual and reproductive health entitlements, and working with marginalized groups in doing SRR advocacy. The three-day intensive course, held November 3-5, 2014 at Harvard University in Boston, MA, will enable participants to develop specialist-level knowledge in relation to litigating on sexual and reproductive health and rights at national and international levels, as well as afford ample opportunities for engaging in discussions and network building with practitioners from across the globe. Instructors include leading practitioners and judges from around the world, as well as scholars from the field.
Participants in the Harvard SRR litigation course this year will also be invited to attend a two-day international symposium on “Sexual and Reproductive Rights ‘Lawfare’ in International Tribunals” which will be held at Harvard University on November 6-7, and will draw leading experts from around the world to discuss the dynamics as well as the normative and empirical impacts of using international tribunals and forums in relation to controversial SRR issues.
The course is conducted in English, is highly participatory, and uses case studies extensively. Last year’s course included participants from twenty-four different countries worldwide. The course is designed for PhD students, scholars, practitioners (e.g., law, public health, human rights or development), policy-makers and advanced master’s students. The number of participants is restricted, and fellowships are limited. Applications are due to rcantor@hsph.harvard.edu by July 1, 2014. For application and more details about the course, see http://fxb.harvard.edu/health-rights-of-women-and-children/
Long Term Volunteer Opportunity with ACDI/VOCA Service Learning Corps
ACDI/VOCA Service Learning Corps
Announcement: Long Term Volunteer Opportunity
Assignment Title: Nutritional Cookbook Development
Assignment Location: Ethiopia
Assignment Duration: 3 MONTHS, May – August 2014
Assignment Summary:
The goal of the Agricultural Growth Program- Agribusiness and Market Development (AGP-AMDe) project in Ethiopia is to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger by improving the productivity and competitiveness of value chains that offer job and income opportunities for rural households. AMDe works in six selected value chains: wheat, maize, money, sesame, chickpeas and coffee. One of the challenges is changing household behavior to increase diet diversity in order to improve long term nutritional status. In addition to education AGP-AMDe wants to create a cookbook with tasty, nutritious, affordable recipes featuring each of the 6 crops we work with. ACDI/VOCA is currently seeking a long term volunteer to review existing Ethiopian cookbooks, suggest a final list of recipes for a new cookbook, and test/adapt suggested recipes accordingly with nutritional content, seasonal availability, cost, and adaptability/acceptability in mind.
Provisions for the Volunteer:
· All international and local travel
· Lodging
· Travel Visa
· Emergency Medical Insurance
· In-country support from local field staff
· Local cell phone to use during assignment
Qualifications:
- Nutritionist, home economist, or related
- Preferred previous experience in Africa country
- Preferred previous experience with (or extensive knowledge of) Ethiopian or East African cuisine
- Strong analytical and writing skills
How to Apply: Application Deadline: March 7, 20114
Interested candidates should visit www.acdivoca.org and go to Quick Links at the bottom of the page, International Opportunities: Log in/Register and select Service Learning Corps, create a new profile and submit the following:
1. A cover letter
2. A current resume
3. A letter of recommendation from a professor or advisor
Primeros Pasos fundraiser at Bell in Hand Friday, Feb. 21st!
Do you want some free food, raffles and the opportunity to support public health?
Students from BUSPH are heading to Guatemala for a public health project with Primeros Pasos and need your help to raise funds for this amazing organization! They are a non-profit group that provides medical and educational care to rural villages in Guatemala and rely on these funds to continue to provide these services.
For more information on Primeros Pasos, please visit their website: http://www.primerospasos.org/.
Cover is a minimum donation of $5 at the door.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give us and we hope to see you there! Check out the Facebook event here.
BNID Job and internship postings for the week of Feb. 17th
- AKF USA Fellowship Program - Aga Khan Foundation
- Executive and Fellows Coordinator - Harvard’s Center for International Development (CID)
- MIT CITE/edX Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Executive Assistant - MASS Design Group - MASS Design Group
- Campus Coordinator - Immediate Opening - The David Project
- Programs Associate - Summer Internship - The MillenniumCampus Network
Sacred Valley Health Public Health Specialist open position in Peru
Organization Overview: Sacred Valley Health’s mission is to promote health in the underserved communities of Peru’s Sacred Valley. We train and support locally elected community health workers (promotoras de salud) and run health education campaigns in schools and in community meetings. The scope of our health education efforts is made possible by visiting teams of volunteer medical professionals and students from outside of Peru. These groups provide much-needed funds, supplies, and labor, and make possible a rewarding cultural exchange. We are based in Ollantaytambo, Peru, which is midway between Cusco and Machu Picchu.
Position: Public Health Specialist: Sacred Valley Health is seeking a Public Health Specialist to work onsite in Peru and participate in program management, development, and oversight of monitoring and evaluation activities for our promotora training program.
You will design and implement assessment strategies and quality controls, modifying strategies as needed. As part of SVH’s onsite leadership team, you will use M&E metrics to ensure that program direction is responsive to needs that the data indicate, and in alignment with SVH’s mission and vision. You will oversee ongoing data collection in collaboration with our partner communities. In conversation with the ED and Program Director, you will evaluate the impact of SVH's programs and adjust strategy where appropriate in order to increase impact. Your work may involve interviewing community members and other stakeholders, conducting surveys, entering data, managing databases, performing appropriate statistical analyses and summarizing results with a focus on areas for improvement. You will report to SVH's Executive Director and Program Director.
Specific Responsibilities:
1. Program development: evaluation and improvement of current programming model; streamlining of current M&E system to improve and expand programming. Application of public health knowledge to guide program while upholding SVH’s mission and vision.
2. Implementation: work with SVH’s Community Coordinators to implement SVH’s M&E efforts in the communities we serve. Make regular community visits, follow up with Community Coordinators, and document progress. Collaborate with Program Director and Peruvian staff to ensure efficiency and high quality programming.
3. Quality control: devise a system to standardize training methods and sequence topics to ensure a high quality learning experience for our community health workers.
4. Monitoring and evaluation: collaborate with other staff members to gather appropriate metrics for program development. Meet every month with M & E Committee, which consists of staff and trustees, to discuss strategy and results.
5. Management and supervision: work directly with Community Coordinators ensuring implementation of project. Organize weekly staff meetings, regular community visits, and documentation of progress. Work directly with the current M&E intern to interview stakeholders and community members
6. Reporting: maintain open and frequent communication with Program Manager and Executive Director in order to share data, and to keep them apprised of successes and challenges. Prepare monthly program updates for M & E Committee to provide a basis for discussion about program assessment and development.
Skills and qualifications:
· Bachelor's degree in relevant field required, Master’s in Public Health preferred.
· Fluency in Spanish and English
· Experience with public health programming, qualitative and quantitative behavioral research methods, including experience conducting in-depth interviews, leading focus groups, designing and implementing surveys, performing data analysis and appropriate statistical tests
· Knowledge of developing world public health issues such as nutrition, infectious disease epidemiology and access to medical services.
· Proficiency in graduate-level biostatistics
· Proficiency with the use of Excel and SPSS
· Familiarity with principals of ethical community assessment and NGO Code of Conduct
· Excellent written and oral communication skills
· Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively
· Leadership and supervisory skills, including the ability work closely and professionally within a small office, showing flexibility, tolerance, and open-mindedness.
Compensation:
$10,000 for a 12-month contract, in addition to 4 weeks vacation. Health insurance is not provided.
All interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to Keri Baker at Kbaker@sacredvalleyhealth.org before February 23, 2014.
Telling the Whole Story: Gender Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
GLOBAL HEALTH REPORTING: TELLING THE WHOLE STORY
OF GENDER VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
RSVP for Global Health Reporting: Telling the Whole Story of Gender Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Boston University Program on Crisis Response and Reporting in partnership with the Washington D.C.-based Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting present a two-day event exploring gender violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Both events are free and open to the BU community and general public. Students interested in learning more about the 2014 Pulitzer Fellowship opportunity are strongly encouraged to attend.
“Seeds of Hope” Film Screening – Thursday, February 27
Boston University College of Communications
640 Commonwealth Ave, Room 209
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Join us for a screening of Seeds of Hope, Fiona Lloyd-Davies’ eye-opening film of one woman’s mission to help Congolese rape victims rebuild their lives. Discussion with the filmmaker follows. Please RSVP for the film screening.
Panel Discussion – Friday, February 28
Boston University School of Public Health
670 Albany Street Ave, First Floor Auditorium
8:30 – 1:00 pm (breakfast from 8:30 – 9:00. Panel discussion begins at 9:00 am)
DRC has been called the “rape capital of the world,” yet measuring the magnitude and impact of gender violence remains difficult. Human rights abuses in the Congo have been covered widely by the media, but are we hearing the full story? Boston University and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting will convene a panel of journalists, public health experts, artists, and activists to discuss the challenges to accurate, nuanced reporting on Congo. Please RSVP for the panel discussion.
Panelists:
· Fiona Lloyd-Davies, Pulitzer Center grantee and award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist who’s been making films and taking pictures about human rights issues in areas of conflict since 1992.
· Dr. Susan Bartels, physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Visiting Scientist at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health.
· Maman Jeanne Kasongo, Founder and President of the Shalupe Foundation, a Boston and Kinshasa-based nonprofit serving women and youth.
· Sekombi Katondolo, a Goma-based media activist and CEO of Mutaani FM, the fastest growing radio station in Goma and promotes young artists and uncensored news reporting “by Congolese people for Congolese people.”
