The Global Mental Health Program is grounded in ethical commitments to further mental health and relieve suffering for those who live in low- and middle-income countries and zones of armed conflict, as well as for immigrants and refugees who live in our country. Teachers, scholars, researchers, and clinicians are internationally recognized for their expertise in cultural psychiatry, torture-survivor rehabilitation, treatment of traumatic stress disorders, ethnopharmacology, medical diplomacy, mental health response to disasters and human catastrophes, human rights advocacy, psychiatric evaluation of refugees seeking political asylum, and development of mental health services in low- and middle-income countries.
Empowered Aid at the Global Women’s Institutes’ goal is to support the creation or adaptation of aid delivery models that actively work to reduce power disparities that give rise to sexual exploitation and abuse, and give women and girls a sustained voice in how aid is delivered. Empowered Aid’s feminist, participatory action research (PAR) works directly with refugee women and girls, and humanitarian aid organizations find solutions centered on refugee voices and experiences.
The Humanitarian Action Initiative (HAI) is an academic and research hub housed in the Elliott School of International Affairs that convenes and cultivates the school’s curriculum, scholarly research, and policy expertise on topics related to humanitarian assistance.
Micro-Minor in Immigration & Migration Studies through Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program bridges courses in the humanities and social sciences to provide students an in-depth understanding of modern migration.