scholarly journals Extractivism and Territorial Dispossession in Rural Colombia: A Decolonial Commitment to Campesinas’ Politics of Place

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Rodriguez Castro
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Global South ◽  
Relational Understanding ◽  
Politics Of Place ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Foreign Tourism ◽  
Coloniality Of Gender ◽  
Export Crops

Linked to extractive practices, territorial dispossession can be traced back to the colonisation of Abya Yala. From a decolonial commitment, this article complicates notions of dispossession and extractivism as merely emerging from war in Colombia and focuses on their presence in Campesinas territories. Based on the conceptualisations of the coloniality of power and coloniality of gender, I narrate how territorial dispossession and extractivism are felt in women’s ‘body-lands’ through foreign tourism/conservation development and new export crops in two rural veredas in the Colombian Andes and in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta where I conducted participatory visual projects in 2016. From a relational understanding of place, I also demonstrate the ways that the rural population is resisting and negotiating within these processes. Ultimately, I make a call for feminist scholars to politically commit to the dismantling of the coloniality of gender, and to the resistances to territorial dispossession and extractivism (epistemic and economic) that rural women are leading in place in the Global South.

Financial Literacy among Rural Women in Darbhanga District:An Empirical Evidence.

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof. F.B. SINGH ◽  
POOJA JHA
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Scenario

Financial Literacy is defined as the possession of knowledge and understanding of elementary financial concepts which results in developing the ability to make conversant, poised and effective financial decisions. In current scenario, the concern to increase the level of financial literacy among common masses has been witnessed by many countries of the world through various Financial Literacy center, programme and initiatives but all these programmes and policies are crafted and implemented taking into consideration the male as ultimate receiver and so women who constitute half of the rural population are lagging behind in terms of a making informed financial decisions and financial wellbeing. Hence Strategies should be formulated taking into consideration the women as the main spectators. This paper is an attempt to analyze the current status of the financial literacy among the rural women of the Darbhanga district.

scholarly journals Infant Feeding and Weaning Practices among Kashmiri Rural Population

JMS SKIMS ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Tabasum Ara ◽  
Khurshid Banday ◽  
Afshan Gul
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Solid Foods ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Semi Solid ◽  
Reconstituted Milk

Objective: The study was carried out with the aim to assess infant feeding and weaning practices among Kashmiri rural population. Materials and Methods: The present investigation comprised 85 rural women having their children in the age group of 1-24 months. Samples were selected randomly .Data was analyzed in the form of percentages, mean and standard deviation. Results: Average age of exclusive breast feeding was 9.41±2.32 months.88.23 per cent of mothers fed colostrum to their babies while as 11.77 per cent were of the opinion that it is not good for baby’s health. Only 23.52 per cent considered breast milk as a complete food for their infants. The most common reason for terminating breast feeding was subsequent pregnancy.Upto 4 months of age infants were fed on demand. Cow’s milk or reconstituted milk was introduced by 80 per cent of respondents between the ages of 9-12 months. The foods introduced were chut and biscuits softened in tea, banana, mashed rice with milk, porridge, egg, cerelac and nestum. Conclusion: Breast feeding was a universal practice in rural women. Most of the infants were fed colostrum without knowing its importance. A small percentage of subjects weaned their babies from 4-6 months of age. Hence, mothers need to be educated about the significance of colostrum and introduction of semi- solid foods at an appropriate age. J Med Sci.2009;12(2):46-48  

Macrobiotus derkai, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, huziori group) from the Colombian Andes (South America)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1731 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER DEGMA ◽  
ŁUKASZ MICHALCZYK ◽  
ŁUKASZ KACZMAREK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Morphometric Analysis ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Moss Sample ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Alpine Zone ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Macrobiotus derkai sp. nov., is described from a moss sample collected in the alpine zone of Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Mts (NE Colombia). It differs from the most similar species, Macrobiotus huziori Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006 mainly in the location of the second macroplacoid and in the dimensions of accessory points on the claws. Eggs of the new species have the same type of areolation as eggs of M. huziori but they differ from the latter in the size and number of processes. The differences between the new species and others having similar number and shape of placoids are discussed. An identification key for these species is also provided. A round depression on the dorsal head cuticle is reported in Tardigrada for the first time. The results of a morphometric analysis of the new species are also given.

scholarly journals Mental Stress and Multiple Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases with Regional Variations in Women of Urban and Rural Areas of Sindh, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Stress ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Urban Population

Introduction: The high prevalence of risk factors in women in developing countries of South Asia appears to have been translated into early and severe CHD in contrast to their counterpart in the first world nations, which has been related to obesity and insulin resistance and genetically determined increased lipoprotein Lp(a) levels. Mental stress due to urbanization, sedentary life style and physical inactivity may be the most important factor initiating obesity and the clustering of all other risk factors hypertension, dyslipidaemia and (WHR). These risk factors vary in different regions of South Asia. Aims and Objectives: Our aim of the study was to describe and analyse differences between the frequency of risk factors such as psychological stress due to, socio-economical aspects, life style especially physical activity, and health behaviours which may contribute in the course of CAD in women of both rural and urban areas of Pakistan because no such significant data is available in women with CAD. Study Design: This descriptive cross-sectional comparative study was conducted in Cardiology Department of Dow University of Health and Sciences Karachi, Pakistan, from March 2014 to March 2016 by filling a questionnaire and laboratory data. The study group comprised female subjects around 577 (Urban 347 {60.1%} and Rural 230 {39.9%}) women ranged from 25-65 years of age who underwent coronary angiography and had definite coronary atherosclerotic diseases. Our study was conducted by examining the psychological stress in women of both areas and its strength of association with frequency of other risk factors in female patients of urban and rural areas with definite CHD taking account the difference in age and education level into account. Result: Analysis of this study conducted at department of Cardiology in Dow University Karachi from March 2014 to March 2017 revealed that the women of rural area were comparatively more physically active then women of urban area. Prevalence of mental stress, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, higher BMI, hyperlipidaemia (especially TC) waist and hip circumference of both areas were found to be different after adjustment made for age. A considerable association was found between psychological stress and other factors in ischemic heart disease patients showing the p-value (p=0.043). Psychological stress was found 82% in both groups and (13%) women had no stress rated as normal more in rural (26%) vs (04%) in urban population. Physical inactivity in women with CHD was found in 92% urban in contrast to 45% in rural population, (p=0.009). Hypertension prevalence was more in urban 253 in comparison to 151 women in rural area. Diabetes Mellitus was also found more in urban than rural population, especially in age below 50, 79 (23%) urban vs 60 (26%) in rural population. Women beyond 50 years of age, 85 (24%) urban vs 64 (27%) rural area had prevalence of obesity comparatively higher in urban residents 71 (20%) than 44(%) in rural dwellers and 32 (9%) urban vs 16 (7%) in rural women in age range below 50 years. Higher waist circumstance was observed more in urban residents (4.8 cm) whereas BMI was more (1.8 unit) in women of rural area than urban women. Prevalence of smoking and nicotine chewing was relatively higher in urban population in below 50 years of age with 30 (09%) urban vs 13 (05%) in rural women and in age beyond 50, 11 (03%) urban vs 10 (04%) in rural women was witnessed. Average total cholesterol, serum triglycerides and LDL were found to be higher in urban compared to rural area residents and HDL was comparatively lower in urban area group. Mean cholesterol level was seen at average of 353 mg% in urban vs 223 mg% in rural population. Serum cortisol level showed significant variation in urban group 19.1 vs 14.2 in rural group (sample, as well as serum fibrinogen was raised more raised in urban population). Conclusion: Our study shows increased prevalence of mental stress and physical inactivity in female residents of urban area leading to Higher blood pressure, DM, dyslipidaemia and central obesity specially in Waist circumference than rural area. The mental stress induced by excessive demands of work at home and at working place with too little control is not unique to women of urban areas.

scholarly journals Geographies of waste: Conceptual vectors from the Global South

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1044-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nate Millington ◽  
Mary Lawhon
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Global South ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Relational Understanding ◽  
Neoliberal Governance ◽  
Global North ◽  
North And South

Geographies of waste, which include examination of its flows and politics, have demonstrated empirical differences and contrasting approaches to researching waste in the Global North and South. Southern waste geographies have largely focused on case studies of informality and (neoliberal) governance. We draw on Southern theory to argue that this focus can be productively extended through greater consideration of the production of value and the role of materiality and technology in the wastescape. We argue that a relational understanding of multiscalar wastescapes contributes insights into the distribution of costs and benefits as well as what enables and constrains the extraction of value for different actors.

Results of Cervical Cancer Screening in the Rural Population of Lucknow West, India, through a Camp Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-278
Author(s):  
Jata S. Misra ◽  
Anand N. Srivastava ◽  
Hem P. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Trichomonas Vaginalis ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Predisposing Factors ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Very High

Objective: Cytological screening was carried out in rural women of Lucknow West, India, through a camp approach to detect cervical cancer in its preinvasive phase and to see whether the primitive living conditions in the villages have any effect on the incidence of precancer and carcinoma of the cervix and the associated predisposing factors of cervical carcinogenesis. Study Design: During a span of 4 years (May 2013 to March 2017), a total of 135 camps were organized under the auspice of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital (Lucknow, India). Only 4,269 (31.2%) out of 13,500 women who were motivated and counseled attended the camp and 2,369 (55.1%) of them underwent a Pap smear examination. Results: The incidence of squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix (SIL) was found to be very high (18.2%) in the 2,369 women who were screened, but the majority of them were of a low grade. The SIL incidence was very high for all predisposing factors like gynaecological symptoms, age, and clinical lesions of the cervix. However, the SIL rate showed a rise with increasing parity. Candida albicans was more common in rural women (4.7%) than Trichomonas vaginalis (1.1%), and a low incidence of viral sexually transmitted diseases (STD) was seen. Conclusions: Organizing camps in the villages through proper counseling and motivation may help in the screening of larger numbers of women for early detection of cervical cancer, the adequate treatment of which will check the progression of the disease and thus minimize the incidence of carcinoma of the cervix and its associated mortality in the rural population of India.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INCIDENCE OF WOMEN IN CITIES AND VILLAGES

2018 ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
R.Sh. Kurbangaleeva
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Biochemical Parameters ◽  
Ultrasound Examination ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Pelvic Organs ◽  
Gynecological Diseases ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

It is revealed that socio-economic factors have different impacts on women's health, namely on the pelvic organs in women of the towns and villages. Ultrasound examination and biochemical parameters of the liver show a greater number of diseases in rural women compared to urban. Strategic priorities in addressing identified challenges are improving medical care in rural areas, prevention and consultation of the rural population on the issues of gynecological diseases.

scholarly journals The Place of Rural in a Southern Criminology

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Francis Donnermeyer
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Global South ◽  
Substantial Proportion ◽  
Rural Crime ◽  
Agriculture And Food

A substantial proportion of the world’s population remains rural, despite decades of urbanisation. Further, most of this rural population lies south of the equator. Therefore, it is incumbent on the emerging fields of rural criminology and global southern criminology to mutually reinforce each other’s scholarly development. To this end, this article engages three selected issues associated with agriculture and food – agricultural victimisation, food security, and farmworker abuse and trafficking – and discusses them in terms of the advancement of a global southern criminology. The article concludes with acknowledgement of many more rural crime issues that have particular salience to the global South and warns of new dangers in the development of hegemonic binaries (Carrington, Hogg and Sozzo 2016) and homogenous categories of knowledge (Connell 2007) if they fail to inform each other.

CONTRIBUTION OF CHANGES IN AGE-RELATED MORTALITY INTO DYNAMICS IN LIFE EXPECTANCY IN RURAL RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 5-5
Author(s):  
S.G. Bylina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Decomposition Method ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Population Mortality ◽  
State Programs

In recent decades, the State has undertaken serious efforts to stabilize demographic situation, reduce mortality and create enabling conditions for a sustainable increase in life expectancy. These measures are especially relevant for the rural population, as its demographic indicators are always lower than that of the urban population. Decomposition of the dynamics in life expectancy can serve as a means to facilitate solution of this problem. The purpose of the study is to analyze contribution of changes in mortality in different age groups into dynamics in life expectancy in the Russian rural population in 2017-2018. Material and methods: quantitative analysis, decomposition method using the UN methodology (United Nations, 1985). Results. The study found out that in 2017-2018 life expectancy among rural men grew more rapidly compared to rural women due to reduced infant mortality, as well as reduced mortality in ages 20-34 and 55-59. The decreased growth rate of life expectancy in the rural population in 2018 is accounted for by the increased dynamics in mortality among rural women at young ages (25–29) and among both men and women aged 40–54 and 65–69, respectively. The study also identified a greater negative contribution of mortality rates among rural women compared to rural men in life expectancy of the rural population. When implementing state policy measures to increase life expectancy and reduce mortality in the rural population a special attention should be focused on negative dynamics in the contribution of mortality in working ages over 40 among both rural men and rural women. Scope of application. The results of the study can be used both in adjusting state programs and developing possible forecast options for the demographic development of the Russian village. Key words: life expectancy; rural population; mortality; decomposition method.

the domestic workers’ strike: migrant women, social reproduction and contentious labour organising

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Sujatha Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Global South ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
The Usa

In recent decades, there have been major changes in the organisation of social reproduction. As middle-class women have entered the workforce in large numbers, and state provision of childcare and other welfare services has been scaled back under neo-liberalism, there has been an unprecedented outsourcing of household labour to the market. The resulting commodification of social reproduction has not liberated women from the demands of housework but has largely shifted this work away from women in the Global North towards migrant women workers from poor and heavily indebted countries of the Global South. At the same time, there has also been a huge increase in internal migration within Global South countries, as newly wealthy middle classes in the cities are being serviced by poor rural women. Commodified domestic labour relies on the existence of gendered and racialised migrant workers. This article examines the domestic workers’ strike as an effective and urgent mode of political action given the massive and growing concentration of migrant women in domestic work. This requires a reassessment of earlier feminist strategies based on a nuclear family model and current advocacy strategies that, influenced by foundations, have rejected the strike tactic in favour of limited legal strategies. This article draws on my empirical research on domestic workers’ movements in the USA and India in order to highlight emerging strategies of labour movements.

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