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Inga Winkler
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Institute for the Study of Human Rights,
​Columbia University

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Dr. Inga Winkler is a lecturer at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. Her research agenda is held together by her interest in socio-economic rights, development, gender, social justice and substantive equality. Current research projects focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights, the UN Special Procedures, menstrual health and wellbeing, and the human right to sanitation.

Her books include the first comprehensive monograph on the human right to water published in 2012 and an edited volume on the Sustainable Development Goals, and her articles have appeared in the International Journal of Human Rights, the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, and the Human Rights Law Review among others.

Inga is the Project Director of the Working Group on Menstrual Health & Gender Justice and ...
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Recent News

Upcoming Events in Spring 2019
  • Discussion with Jackie Dugard and Ben Hoffman on "Navigating Human Rights Critiques: Lessons from South Africa", February 7 at 12:10 pm
  • Talk on Menstruation and Religion with Ilana Cohen, February 11 at 11:30 am
  • Book Talk with Chris Bobel on "The Managed Body", April 11 at 5 pm
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Obstetrics & Gynecology Publishes Editorial on Unmet Menstrual Health Needs
It seems like everyone is talking about menstrual health these days. But WHAT and WHO are we missing? My recent editorial in Obstetrics & Gynecology discusses how human rights shine a light on unmet needs and menstruation at the margins.
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Graduate Students Complete Their Theses
My graduate students have completed fascinating research projects, including four theses that provide fresh perspectives on current developments in menstrual studies. Congratulations Trisha, Sydney, Tori, Anna and Sabrina!

  • Trisha Maharaj: “That’s blood, that’s life” Menstrual Practices & Women’s Agency Within the Hindu Diaspora of Trinidad (2019)
  • Sabrina Kozikis: “Water Is a Human Right” – Exploring the Paradox of Framing Water as a Human Right in a Hostile Political Climate (2019)
  • Anna Jiang: Bodies of Civility: Exploring Menstrual Experiences of Women in Beijing, China (2019)
  • Sydney D. Amoakoh: Human Rights in Humanitarian Policy: Dissecting the Catalysts and Barriers to Employing a Human Rights-Based Approach in Drafting Menstrual Health into the Sphere 2018 Handbook (2019)
  • Tori Miller: Moving Past the Stigma?: The Narrative of Menstruation in WASH and MHM Organizations



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