Displacement and Trauma

2022 ◽  
pp. 244-272
Author(s):  
M. Mahruf C. Shohel ◽  
Md. Ashrafuzzaman ◽  
Farhan Azim ◽  
Tahmina Akter ◽  
Shamima Ferdous Tanny
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Basic Sanitation ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Right ◽  
Poor Children

Rohingya children have become victims of mass displacement, with some of them being internally or externally displaced because of long-standing violence and prejudice in their own country. Currently, a substantial number of them are residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh. They lost all their rights, including the right to retain their native country's nationality. Their basic human rights are violated when they become stateless refugees in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which emphasize equality, equity, and social justice. Rohingya children in refugee camps face adversity and have limited access to informal education and health services. Due to a lack of nutritious food, healthcare services, medicines, and basic sanitation, the health conditions for some of them are exceedingly poor. Children, particularly young girls, are vulnerable to gender-based violence, child marriage, and human trafficking, both for sex and manual labor. This chapter investigates the childhood experiences of displaced Rohingya children living in Bangladeshi refugee camps.

scholarly journals Turning the Tide on Violence against Women in Politics: How Are We Measuring Up?

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ballington
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Psychological Harm ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Right ◽  
Human Rights Violation

Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is a human rights violation, as it prevents the realization of political rights. Violence against women in political and public life can be understood as “any act or threat of gender-based violence, resulting in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering to women, that prevents them from exercising and realizing their political rights, whether in public or private spaces, including the right to vote and hold public office, to vote in secret and to freely campaign, to associate and assemble, and to enjoy freedom of opinion and expression” (UN Women/UNDP 2017, 20).

scholarly journals The Sustainable Developments Goals and Buddha’s Teachings

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
Sabita Dhakhwa
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Loving Kindness ◽  
Promote Gender Equality ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Buddha

 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The Buddha delivered several Dhamma discourses to diverse people in the various places for forty-five years; from the time he attained enlightenment until he entered into Mahaparinibbāna. These Dhamma discourses are related to non-violence, equality and peace. The elimination of all forms of gender based violence and promotion of equality are very much related with change of attitude and positive mind development. Moral conducts (Sila), Right speech, Right livelihood, Right understanding, practicing of loving kindness (Mettā, Saraniya Dhammas, etc are some of the Buddha’s teachings which can contribute to attitude change and positive mind development. The teachings of the Buddha are in harmony with the spirit of Gender equality goal of SDGs. Therefore, the article intends to throw light on the following aspects: What are the Buddha’s teaching for Gender equality? and how Buddha’s teachings can contribute to eliminate gender based violence and promote Gender equality which is one of the goal of SDGs.

scholarly journals Sexual Harassment at African Higher Education Institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Dranzoa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
Gender Based

In most African states, joining higher education institutions (HEIs) is, for students, an investment in their own economic progress. Yet, HEIs are sites where sexual harassment and gender-based violence (GBV) occur, increasing the vulnerability of newly enrolled female students and of women in general. A strong gender policy environment, a clear stand by senior management at HEIs, and the empowerment ofmen with respect to gender equity issues are remedies to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being), goal 4 (Quality Education), goal 5 (Gender Equality), and goal 10 (Reduced Inequality).

scholarly journals Sexual Gender-Based Violence in Greek Refugees Camp

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-200
Author(s):  
Khairunnisa Nadhifa ◽  
Adhi Cahya Fahadayna
Keyword(s):  
Women Refugees ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Refugee Population ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

In 2015 the European Migrant Crisis pushed Europe to a new dimension of issues and problems. With the mass of people migrating into the region, Greece became one of the front-line countries to face the crisis by hosting the country's high refugee population. Due to their incapability to adjust and respond according to the needs and situation of the crisis, other issues rise within Greek settlements among refugees themselves where violence came into existence. Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) appears in the refugee population that targeted women refugees living in the Greek camps. To know exactly why the causes of SGBV to happen in the first place against women refugees can be known through the effort of the Heise Model by Lori Michau to seek the root problems of the causes that drive the reason SGBV to exist within risky situations such as refugee camps. Through this Heise Model, the author seeks the causes of why SGBV happened in Greek refugee camps in 2015-2018 in covering four levels of societal, community, interpersonal, and individual.

Global Application of Intersectionality Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-53
Author(s):  
Johanna Bond
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Girls ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Many ◽  
Inadequate Prenatal Care ◽  
The Right

This chapter delves into examples of global intersectionality to illustrate the need for a thorough and consistent intersectional approach to human rights violations around the world. Although it is impossible to provide an exhaustive analysis of the many and varied types of intersectional human rights violations, this chapter offers multiple examples of intersectional human rights violations, including (1) gender-based violence, including both non-state actors who commit intimate partner violence and sexual violence in armed conflict; (2) maternal mortality and inadequate prenatal care in Brazil; (3) coerced sterilization among the Roma in Europe; (4) disproportionate discipline and punishment of Black girls in the United States; and (5) inconsistent LGBTQI rights. These case studies implicate different human rights, including the right to be free from violence, the right to education, and the right to the highest attainable standard of health. Each example demonstrates how a more nuanced, intersectional lens is necessary to capture the rights at stake and to contemplate appropriate remedies for victims of human rights violations in full.

Structural monitoring of selected national legislation of Turkey on gender-based violence against women

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-420
Author(s):  
Ilknur Yuksel-Kaptanoglu ◽  
Cansu Dayan
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Structural Monitoring ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Gender Based

Gender-based violence (GBV) is now recognised as a violation of women’s human rights, and a form of discrimination against women globally. Inclusion of GBV in the sustainable development goals agenda encouraged data collection and monitoring activities which are mainly indicator-based monitoring. In this study, we tried to focus on aspects of structural monitoring of the domestic legislation of Turkey which provide a basis for combating violence against women. Using the equality, respect for dignity, non-discrimination, non-violence, gender equality, women’s empowerment and due diligence norms, we revealed that the last two norms are the least mentioned international norms in the selected national legislation of the country. Through this study, we emphasise the significance of an integrated approach in not only monitoring but also in eliminating GBV against women, which ipso facto embodies the need for an independent monitoring system and, overall, a feminist solidarity with all components.

Towards a politics of uncertainty: difficulties of naming the relationship between gender and violence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Carbin
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
White Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Correct Version ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Right ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Relationship

This article discusses how the relationship between gender and violence can be articulated, both in policy and theory, in order to unsettle the feminist orthodoxy that equates gender-based violence with violence against (heterosexual, white) women. Through an interview study with Swedish policymakers in public-sector healthcare, the author discusses the work done by different conceptualisations, in particular the new and seemingly neutral category of ‘violence within close relationships’, and shows that there is a need to open up a discussion about the ambiguities involved in trying to find the right language to talk about the relationship between gender and violence. While uncertainty and anxiety are often regarded as negative feelings, as something to be overcome, this article argues that holding onto doubts about the possibility of fixing meaning helps to avoid reduced understandings. Thus, the attempt to lay down one correct version should be dismissed, and instead the author emphasises the need for a politics of uncertainty – both in policy and theory.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>There is a need to problematise the work that the new Swedish policy concept ‘violence within close relationships’ does.</li><br /><li>Feminist policy producers have to balance their arguments in an antagonistic, discursive terrain trying to avoid being called ‘man-haters’.</li><br /><li>While the relationship between gender and violence is difficult to settle, this uncertainty could be viewed as an asset.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Principles of condom provision programs in prisons from the standpoint of European prison health experts: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Babak Moazen ◽  
Joy Mauti ◽  
Paula Meireles ◽  
Tereza Černíková ◽  
Florian Neuhann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Healthcare ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
European Public ◽  
The Right ◽  
Health Experts

Abstract Background Condom provision is one of the most effective harm reduction interventions to control sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis in prisons. Yet, very few countries around the world provide prisoners with condoms. The present study aimed to elucidate principles of effective prison-based condom programs from the perspective of European public health and prison health experts. Methods As a part of the “Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT)” twenty-one experts from the field of prison health from eight European countries were invited to discuss the principles of condom provision programs in prisons within two focus groups. The audio records were transcribed verbatim, coded, categorized, and analyzed using thematic analysis method. Results Six components emerged from the analysis as essential for successful condom programs in prisons: (1) highlighting the necessity of condom provision in prisons, (2) engagement of internal and external beneficiaries in all stages of designing and implementing the program, (3) conducting a pilot phase, (4) condom program in a comprehensive package of harm reduction interventions, (5) vending machine as the best method of condom distribution in prisons and (6) assuring the sustainability and quality of the intervention. Conclusion Results of the present study can help prison health policy makers to design and conduct acceptable, accessible and high-quality prison-based condom provision programs, and consequently to mitigate the burden of STIs in prisons. Having access to high-quality healthcare services including condom provision programs is not only the right of prisoners to health, but also is a move towards achieving the sustainable development goal 3 of “leaving no one behind.”

scholarly journals ‘Once You Say the Word Gender, People Become Afraid’: The Consequences of the Gender Backlash in Education in Brasil

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Knowledge Deficit ◽  
Global North ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Right ◽  
Context Shapes ◽  
Political Groups ◽  
Violence Prevention Programs

Conservative religious, activist and political groups fuel gender backlash in many spaces. This paper explores this phenomenon and its effects on educational programs designed to prevent gender-based violence in Brasilian schools. It argues that this gender backlash in educative spaces violates fundamental rights, like the right to equality and protection against discrimination and violence, and ultimately contributes to the continuity and escalation of gender-based violence in Brasil. This context shapes advocacy work and the facilitators and participants of its programs. Primary prevention research is mainly conducted in the Global North. This article, guided by a southern feminist framework and informed by 14 interviews with Brasilian advocates engaged in youth gender-based violence prevention programs, addresses a significant knowledge deficit and offers new insights in working in challenging contexts. It suggests that the backlash is mostly directed at LGBTIQA+ cohorts due to the ongoing political attacks on these groups, but it has also undermined the capacity of educational prevention strategies for gender-based violence more widely.

scholarly journals Análisis de la Situación de la Traducción y la Interpretación en el Ámbito Judicial en España en Casos Específicos de Violencia de Género

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
Esperanza Mojica
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
La Red ◽  
The Right

Resumen: Las diferencias culturales y lingüísticas son algunos de los principales obstáculos a los que tienen que enfrentarse los/as inmigrantes en el marco de la realidad multicultural y plurilingüe en la que vivimos. En este punto aparece la figura del/la intérprete o mediador intercultural que interviene para que pueda darse una comunicación efectiva. Este trabajo de investigación se centra en los recursos de asistencia lingüística que se ofrecen a las mujeres extranjeras víctimas de violencia de género que han decidido iniciar un proceso judicial.El objetivo principal de esta investigación es analizar el estado de la cuestión de la comunicación con usuarias extranjeras víctimas de violencia de género en el ámbito judicial a través de intérpretes y la evaluación de la protección del derecho al acceso igualitario a la justicia y a la red de asistencia integral. Finalmente, se pretende dar pautas de mejora o creación de un servicio de interpretación de calidad en los juzgados y tribunales españoles, con intérpretes especializados en género para los casos de violencia contra las mujeres. Abstract: Cultural and linguistic differences are some of the main barriers foreigners have to face within the multicultural and multilingual environment we live in. At this point the role of the interpreter or intercultural mediator appears, as he/she acts to facilitate communication. This research focuses on the language assistance resources that are provided to women who suffer from gender-based violence and have decided to start legal proceedings.The aim of this research is to analyse the current situation of communication in legal settings with foreign women who are victims of gender-based violence. I will also assess the protection of the right to equal access to justice and to the complete network of assistance at their disposal.  The final goal is to establish recommendations for the improvement and/or creation of a high-quality interpreting service in Spanish Courts that provides trained interpreters specialised in gender for cases of violence against women. 

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