Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

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Issue in Focus

From Research to Policy Recommendations: Julia VanRooyen & PHR Visit the Hill

HHI Fellow, Dr. Julia VanRooyen briefed members of Congress on conditions in Darfur refugee camps. The brief followed the recent release of the Obama Administration's Sudan Policy Review. HHI and the Physicians for Human Rights released a report earlier this year on the subject titled: "Nowhere To Turn: Failure to Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women."

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Characterizing Violence in the DRC 

Read our latest report on violence's implications for the protection of women in the DRC.  

2009 Humanitarian Action Summit Report Released  

The report presents challenges to humanitarian response and policy recommendations.

 
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Homepage Events

Armenian-Turkish Reconciliation: Routes Through Empowerment

Join HHI Monday, November 16th from 7-9PM in the Tsai Auditorium for this Inter-communal Violence and Reconciliation Project event.

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Leadership

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Co-Directors

HHI is directed by two faculty Co-Directors, appointed by the Office of the Provost of Harvard University. The Co-Directors report to the Office of the Provost as well as to the Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.

 

Steering Committee

The HHI Steering Committee provides strategic guidance to the Co-Directors and is composed of representatives from Harvard-affiliated entities. Members of the Steering Committee have been invited by the Co-Directors and serve at the approval of the Office of the Provost.