DAUK Health and human rights in the funding crisis (In Person)

 

Health and human rights in the funding crisis:

New research and call to action  

At a time of sweeping changes to funding for development, the growing power of tech oligarchs, and the rollback of rights for women and marginalized groups, we need new approaches to research and advocacy for human rights across national borders. 

 

Where: Central London, location to be shared after RSVP (and on Zoom, see here for Zoom registration page)

When: Thursday, November 20th 7:00-8:30pm

This talk shares research from the Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP), an innovative collaboration of international social science researchers, health advocates, human rights lawyers, and community-led networks of people living with HIV. We will share findings from DHRP’s new research report, Paying the costs of connection: Human rights of young adults in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam , the largest report of its kind, co-produced with civil society and young adults living with and affected by HIV; as well as new findings from DHRP member STOPAIDS, a UK HIV advocacy network, on digital rights funding, HIV and overseas development assistance. In the current context of drastic cuts to overseas aid, we call for continued investment in the resilience and leadership of young adults in low- and middle-income countries; including investments in digital literacy and Know Your Rights training, and in civil society leadership to train, reach and engage historically marginalised populations online and offline. 

Our Speakers:

• Sara (Meg) Davis (University of Warwick) is professor of Digital Health and Rights at the University of Warwick’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM), an associated researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and the principal investigator of the Digital Health and Rights Project, an international research and advocacy consortium using a participatory action research approach. She has over twenty years’ experience in global health and human rights as a scholar and practitioner, and is the author of two books, most recently The Uncounted: Politics of data in global health (Cambridge 2020). She earned her PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and held postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and UCLA, and visiting fellowships at New York University, among others. She was China researcher at Human Rights Watch, and founding executive director of Asia Catalyst. At the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Dr. Davis led early work to operationalise the Fund’s commitments on human rights. In 2017, she was one of three winners of the International Geneva Award.

 

• Tara Imalingat (University of Warwick) is an advocacy and programme officer at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at University of Warwick working on the Digital Health and Rights Project, and a human rights lawyer and researcher with an MSc in Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy from King’s College London. She  an Advocate of the High Court in Kenya. Tara was a Young Experts: Tech for Health (YET4H) Early Career Researcher Fellow, where she explored youth participation in digital health law and policy, advocating for inclusive, rights-based governance in low- and middle-income countries; and a programme officer at KELIN in Kenya. She has published extensively on digital health, equity and rights.

• Molly Pugh-Jones (STOPAIDS) is a health justice advocate with over seven years of experience in global health advocacy, youth leadership and community organising. She currently works as Advocacy Manager at STOPAIDS where she works to coordinate global advocacy on human rights-based approaches to digital technologies for health. Molly is passionate about the equitable and meaningful inclusion of young people in policy and advocacy. Molly studied a BSc in Social Anthropology and also holds an MSc in Global Health. She remains engaged in academic research and has published papers on various topics including pharmaceutical regulation, mental health and HIV, and inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

WHEN

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 07:00 PM London Time

WHERE

Central London Venue - Address Upon RSVP
London, England
United Kingdom
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CONTACT

Monica Cardenas
[email protected]

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