Policy in Perspective from The LBJ School of Public Affairs

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Sexual Violence in Colombia and Around the World: The Invisible, Mute, and Exempt Crime

Post author By Marcelle Cohen
Post date August 9, 2015
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Photo Credit: Jose Huesca/EPA via The Guardian Second in a series by Marcelle Cohen (LBJ MGPS Student) covering her internship at La Allianza Iniciativa de Mujeres Colombianas por la Paz. Sexual violation, forced marriage, forced prostitution, sexual slavery, forced abortion, forced sterilization; the negation of reproductive rights to access anti-contraceptives or protection from sexually transmitted disease; genital […]

Tags Colombia, El Oso, equality, justice, sexual violence, Women's Empowerment

Civil Rights Health & Social Policy LBJ School Op-Ed

Black history should be a year-round lesson: Reflections on Julian Bond’s LBJ Speech

Post author By Loretta Taylor
Post date March 31, 2015
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Julian Bond. Photo: Courtesy Virginia Film Festival, 2012 Since 1996, the Barbara Jordan Forum has been a means of honoring its namesake, a celebrated Texas politician and a beloved former LBJ professor. As a kick-off to this year’s program back in February, civil rights activist Julian Bond delivered a keynote address to a packed auditorium […]

Tags democracy, domestic policy, equality, human rights, justice, LBJ School, race, social policy