scholarly journals Migrant Workers in Malaysia: covid-19’s Impact on the Rights of their Children and Siblings in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-495
Author(s):  
Abdullah Khoso ◽  
Ahmad Hilmi Mohamad Noor
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Abstract With the help of narratives of migrant workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this article seeks to understands the impacts of the covid-19 (known as the 2019 novel coronavirus) pandemic on the rights of their children and children’s siblings in Pakistan. The pandemic impacted the flow of remittances to their families, which further impacted children’s right to education, livelihoods and food. They also revealed that the pandemic had impacted their children’s right to protection, play and development. Children had lost the freedom to play and go outside, socialise and learn. Migrant workers’ children and siblings with limited financial support should have been provided with adequate financial and social security support by Pakistan, but they were not. They also revealed that during the pandemic, children were also regular victims of harsh treatment and physical abuse by adult family members, reflecting the exacerbation of issues of breaches of their fundamental right to protection and emotional integrity.

Tamils and the Haunting of Justice

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Willford
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law And Justice

In 2006, dejected members of the Bukit Jalil Estate community faced eviction from their homes in Kuala Lumpur where they had lived for generations. City officials classified plantation residents as squatters and questioned any right they might have to stay. This story epitomizes the dilemma faced by Malaysian Tamils in recent years as they confront the collapse of the plantation system where they have lived and worked for generations. Foreign workers have been brought in to replace Tamil workers to cut labor costs. As the new migrant workers do not bring their whole families with them, the community structures need no longer be sustained, allowing more land to be converted to mechanized palm oil production or lucrative housing developments. Tamils find themselves increasingly resentful of the fact that lands that were developed and populated by their ancestors are now claimed by Malays as their own; and that the land use patterns in these new townships, are increasingly hostile to the most symbolic vestiges of the Tamil and Hindu presence, the temples. This book is about the fast-approaching end to a way of life, and addresses critical issues in the study of race and ethnicity. It demonstrates which strategies have been most “successful” in navigating the legal and political system of ethnic entitlement and compensation. It shows how, through a variety of strategies, Tamils try to access justice beyond the law-sometimes by using the law, and sometimes by turning to religious symbols and rituals in the murky space between law and justice.

Migrant Worker Health

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
High Status ◽  
New Host ◽  
Worker Health

More than 150 million international migrant workers and an unknown number of internal migrant workers toil across the globe. More than workplace exposures affect migrant worker health; their health is also affected by exposures in the sociocultural milieu from which they came and in which they currently live. Although some of these migrant workers include professionals in high-status occupations such as doctors, nurses, engineers, and computer scientists, most are low skill workers employed in the most dangerous jobs in the most hazardous industries. The health of these migrant workers has been a long-term concern in public health, and this concern has increased with the rise of greater globalization, the recent growth of displaced and refugee populations that will need to enter the workforce in their new host countries, and the anticipated effects of climate change. The domain of migrant worker health is expansive, and is necessarily limited in this bibliography. This bibliography focuses on workers and not the family members who may accompany them, although other family members also may be workers. It focuses on low-skill migrant workers, rather than on professionals who migrate for work. Low-skill migrant workers are the individuals for whom health and public health are concerns. Additionally, research on the health of migrant professional workers is scant. At the same time, this bibliography attempts to place migrant worker health in a holistic context; because migrant worker health is affected by more than workplace exposures, the bibliography addresses exposures in their current sociocultural milieu. This bibliography has three major sections. The first section summarizes general resources that provide information on migrant workers, including International Agencies, Nongovernmental Organizations, Data Sources, Reference Works, and Journals. The second section addresses the characteristics of migrant workers that affect their health, including their Personal Characteristics, the Circumstances of Migration, Forced Migration, Industries which employ migrant workers, and 3-D Jobs: Dangerous, Dirty, and Demanding. The final section considers the health status of migrant workers, with discussions of Conceptual Frameworks for understanding migrant worker health, Work Organization Exposures, Environmental Exposures, Sociocultural Exposures, Health Conditions, Approaches to Improve Migrant Worker Health, and Policy/Regulations.

"One Musician at a Time"

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Medical Expenses ◽  
Housing Costs

Dale Chapman discusses the important work that the Jazz Foundation of America is doing during the pandemic, assisting jazz musicians with housing costs, medical expenses, and emergency financial support, and argues for the pandemic as an opportune moment to organize on behalf of policies that ensure the universal reach of economic and social security.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Family Business Succession in the Food Hawking Business in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Cho Kin Ng
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Theoretical Aspect ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession ◽  
Potential Moderator

Abstract Food hawking businesses around the world largely contribute to the economy of countries and provides much needed jobs that feed employment, even though earnings are low. The food hawking business in Malaysia is under threat of extinction due to the reluctance of the next generation in taking over the food hawking businesses from the elderships. As research in the area of family business succession is scarce, this study serves to add to the theoretical aspect of the area. The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of vending environment, operating hours, successor willingness, relationship among family members and preparation level of heir on the intention of family succession in the food hawking business in Malaysia. Leader’s approval was also studied as a potential moderator. The methodology used was a questionnaire survey study design with a sample size of 208, respondents were obtained via convenience sampling from Kuala Lumpur and Penang as hawkers are abundant in these two locations. Findings show that vending environment, successor willingness, relationship among family members and preparation level of heir have a significant effect on the intention of family succession in the food hawking business in Malaysia. Leader’s approval was found to be insignificant as a moderator. Operating hours was not significant, possibly due to the difference in importance placed by Malaysian hawkers in succession.

scholarly journals Kegiatan Pemantauan Kasus Covid 19

2022 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-213
Author(s):  
Indra Karana
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Running Water ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The City ◽  
At Home

ABSTRAKCOVID-19 adalah penyakit yang disebabkan Novel Coronavirus 2019. Gejalanya bergejala mirip dengan flu biasa, namun COVID-19 sampai saat ini memiliki fatalitas lebih tinggi dan virus ini juga menyebar dengan sangat cepat karena bisa pindah dari orang ke orang bahkan sebelum orang tersebut menunjukkan gejala. Cara isolasi mandiri dirumah yaitu selalu memakai masker dan membuang masker bekas ditempat yang ditentukan,  jika sakit (ada gejala demam, flu dan batuk) maka tetap di rumah. Jangan pergi bekerja, sekolah, ke pasar atau ke ruang publik untuk mencegah penularan masyarakat, manfaatkan fasilitas telemedicine atau sosial media kesehatan dan hindari transportasi publik. Beritahu dokter dan perawat tentang keluhan dan gejala, serta riwayat bekerja ke daerah terjangkit atau kontak dengan pasien COVID-19, selama dirumah, bisa bekerja di rumah. Gunakan kamar terpisah dari anggota keluarga lainya, dan jaga jarak 1 meter dari anggota keluarga, tentukan pengecekan suhu harian, amati batuk dan sesak nafas. Hindari pemakaian bersama peralatan makan dan mandi dan tempat tidur, terapkan perilaku hidup sehat dan bersih, serta konsumsi makanan bergizi, mencuci tangan dengan sabun dan air mengalir dan lakukan etika batuk dan bersin, jaga kebersihan dan kesehatan rumah dengan cairan desinfektan. Selalu berada di ruang terbuka dan berjemur di bawah sinar matahari setiap pagi (±15-30 menit), Hubungi segera fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan jika sakit berlanjut seperti sesak nafas dan demam tinggi, untuk mendapatkan perawatan lebih lanjut. Tujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk melakukan pemantauan kasus covid 19 di Kota Bandung. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini memberikan pelayanan dengan melakukan pemantauan agar mengetahui keadaan, kondisi dan perkembangan yang dialami oleh warga yang terpapar covid 19 di Kota Bandung. Hasil pengabdian masyarakat diperoleh seluruh warga yang terpapar covid 19 sudah dalam keadaan sehat dan pulih seperti sedia kala. Kata Kunci: Pemantauan kasus covid 19. ABSTRACT COVID-19 is a disease caused by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. The symptoms are similar to the common cold, but COVID-19 has so far had a higher fatality and this virus also spreads very quickly because it can move from person to person even before the person shows symptoms. . The way to self-isolate at home is to always wear a mask and throw away used masks in the designated place, if you are sick (symptoms of fever, flu and cough) then stay at home. Do not go to work, school, to the market or to public spaces to prevent community transmission, take advantage of telemedicine facilities or health social media and avoid public transportation. Tell doctors and nurses about complaints and symptoms, as well as a history of working in infected areas or in contact with COVID-19 patients, while at home, you can work at home. Use a separate room from other family members, and keep a distance of 1 meter from family members, determine daily temperature checks, observe coughs and shortness of breath. Avoid sharing eating and bathing utensils and bedding, apply healthy and clean living habits, and consume nutritious food, wash hands with soap and running water and practice coughing and sneezing etiquette, keep your home clean and healthy with disinfectant liquid. Always be in an open space and bask in the sun every morning (±15-30 minutes), Contact the health care facility immediately if the illness persists such as shortness of breath and high fever, to get further treatment. The purpose of this community service is to monitor COVID-19 cases in the city of Bandung. This community service activity provides services by monitoring to find out the conditions, conditions, and developments experienced by residents exposed to COVID-19 in the city of Bandung. The results of community service were obtained that all residents who were exposed to COVID-19 were in good health and recovered as usual. Keywords: Monitoring cases of covid 19.

scholarly journals Does the novel coronavirus 2019 like heart more than the other family members of coronaviruses?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mostafa Ansari Ramandi ◽  
Mohammadreza Baay ◽  
Nasim Naderi
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Coronavirus Infections

The disaster due to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) around the world has made investigators enthusiastic about working on different aspects of COVID-19. However, although the pandemic of COVID-19 has not yet ended, it seems that COVID-19 compared to the other coronavirus infections (the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome [MERS] and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome [SARS]) is more likely to target the heart. Comparing the previous presentations of the coronavirus family and the recent cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 can also help in predicting possible future challenges and taking measures to tackle these issues.

scholarly journals Pengalaman Keluarga Dalam Memberikan Dukungan Terhadap Penderita Hipertensi

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Rusdianingseh
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Participation ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Descriptive Phenomenology ◽  
Family Expectations ◽  
Open Code ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Support Family

Hipertensi termasuk salah satu penyakit degenaratif yang sering dijumpai di masyarakat dan sering muncul tanpa gejala. Penyakit hipertensi akan menjadi masalah yang serius jika tidak dikelola dengan baik, karena akan berkembang dan menimbulkan komplikasi yang berbahaya. Keberhasilan pengendalian hipertensi, salah satunya dipengaruhi oleh dukungan keluarga. Dukungan keluarga merupakan bentuk interaksi antar anggota keluarga yang dapat memberikan kenyamanan fisik dan psikologis. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan pemahaman mendalam mengenai arti dan makna dukungan keluarga terhadap penderita hipertensi. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain fenomenologi deskriptif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara mendalam. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah keluarga yang mempunyai anggota keluarga menderita hipertensi yang tinggal di wilayah Kebonsari Surabaya. Data yang dikumpulkan adalah rekaman wawancara yang dibuat transkrip verbatim serta dianalisa menggunakan aplikasi Open Code 4.0. Hasil penelitian ini adalah teridentifikasi 4 tema yaitu Respon psikologis emosional, Dukungan finansial, Dukungan instrumen dan Harapan keluarga. Peningkatan pengetahuan dan peran serta keluarga sangat diperlukan untuk penderita hipertensi dalam mengendalikan tekanan darah       ABSTRACT   Hypertension is a degenerative disease that is often found in society and often appears without symptoms. Hypertension will become a serious problem if it is not managed properly, because it will develop and cause dangerous complications. The successfull of controlling hypertension is influenced by family support. Family support is a form of interaction between family members that can provide physical and psychological comfort. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning and meaning of family support for hypertensive sufferers. This study used a descriptive phenomenology design. Data collection was carried out by in-depth interviews. Participants in this study are families who have family members suffering from hypertension who live in the Kebonsari area of ​​Surabaya. The data collected were recorded interviews made with verbatim transcripts and analyzed using the Open Code 4.0 application. The results of this study identified 4 themes, namely emotional psychological response, financial support, instrument support and family expectations. Increased knowledge and family participation is needed for people with hypertension in controlling blood pressure.      

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