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Essential standards for perinatal care of women and children living in prison
The global prison population has remained steady, at 11·5 million in 2025.1 However, the proportion of women who are incarcerated is continuing to rise at an alarming rate.1,2 More than 733 000 women and girls are incarcerated worldwide, with the female prison population increasing by 57% since 2000.1,2 Steep increases are observed in South America (Brazil), Central America (El Salvador and Guatemala), and southeast Asia (Cambodia and Indonesia).
Care of pregnant and breastfeeding women in contact with the criminal legal system: the need for global reform
FREE with registration! Log in or register to access the full article. References 1. Penal Reform International Global prison trends 2025 2. Fair, H ∙ Walmsley, R World female imprisonment list. Women and girls in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research, 2025 3.
Migraciones, derechos humanos y acciones locales
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El Modelo de Minnesota para los derechos humanos: cómo mejorar el saber y la práctica
Las asociaciones de largo plazo entre académicos y profesionales pueden generar conocimientos que protejan y promuevan los derechos humanos. Photo credit: Hunter Johnson El historial de derechos humanos de Minnesota ha estado en la mira del público en los últimos meses, reflejado en la dolorosa muerte de George Floyd y las protestas que siguieron.
Ceramics artists like to ‘play in the mud’
Ceramics artists like to ‘play in the mud’ Cat Sculpture By Leigh Partington Decorative pot By Barbara Frey Laila's Whimsical Watering Can By Janet Mazor Leigh Partington Barbara Frey Janet Mazor By: Margaret Foster Posted on: November 24, 2020 To make pottery or ceramic work, artists become very familiar with the concept of transformation. First they transform a gray lump of clay into a shape — which is easier said than done. Next the work gains color, or glaze.
The Minnesota Model for human rights: improving both scholarship and practice
Long-term partnerships between academics and practitioners can build knowledge that both protects and advances human rights. A seminar entitled the "Disappearance of Persons in Mexico: Documentation, Analysis and Communication", being held on the campus of FLACSO- Mexico, Mexico City, in December 2019. The conference was sponsored by the Observatory on Disappearances and Impunity in Mexico.
The Minnesota Model for human rights: improving both scholarship and practice
Long-term partnerships between academics and practitioners can build knowledge that both protects and advances human rights. A seminar entitled the "Disappearance of Persons in Mexico: Documentation, Analysis and Communication", being held on the campus of FLACSO- Mexico, Mexico City, in December 2019. The conference was sponsored by the Observatory on Disappearances and Impunity in Mexico.
COLUMN: Don Fraser laid the groundwork on human rights, with longstanding impacts
Many remember Don Fraser for his domestic policy work as the longest-serving mayor in Minneapolis, or his efforts in Congress to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Less well known, perhaps, is the iconic nature of Fraser’s leadership in the field of international human rights.
COLUMN: Don Fraser laid the groundwork on human rights, with longstanding impacts
Many remember Don Fraser for his domestic policy work as the longest-serving mayor in Minneapolis, or his efforts in Congress to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Less well known, perhaps, is the iconic nature of Fraser’s leadership in the field of international human rights.
Don Fraser laid the groundwork on human rights, with longstanding impacts
Community Voices features opinion pieces from a wide variety of authors and perspectives. (Submission Guidelines) Many remember Don Fraser for his domestic policy work as the longest-serving mayor in Minneapolis, or his efforts in Congress to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Less well known, perhaps, is the iconic nature of Fraser’s leadership in the field of international human rights.
Worldwide threats demonstrate why human rights scholarship is needed (opinion)
The daughter of Bhutanese refugees to the United States, Richa Sharma came to the University of Minnesota to complete a master’s degree in human rights out of a desire to improve the treatment of persons fleeing persecution.
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