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Author(s):  
Stephanie Ming Yin Wong ◽  
Charlotte Wan Chi Wong ◽  
Christy Lai Ming Hui ◽  
Sherry Kit Wa Chan ◽  
Edwin Ho Ming Lee ◽  
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2022 ◽  
pp. 73-92
Author(s):  
Shenita Y. Alsbrooks ◽  
Asma Anwar ◽  
Angela Steward

The goal of this chapter is to highlight strategies used by educators to reduce disproportionality in school discipline during turbulent times, such as a pandemic and periods of social unrest. Public schools located in low socioeconomic areas are witness to the overrepresentation of students of color, both male and female, being disproportionately punished. Additionally, these students also suffer academically due to a lack of technological resources, both in school and at their homes. The authors of this chapter are public school educators, who have worked to find solutions to resolve student's loss of knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic, while recognizing that additional measures are also needed to address school discipline in both face-to-face and virtual settings.


2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (40) ◽  
pp. 224-262
Author(s):  
Bo Robertson (Bożysława Maria-Magdalena Nadolna)

During the communist regime, the Polish judicial apparatus was construed as a tool to liquidate the opposition. Many people were killed, imprisoned, tortured, dispossessed, and their families persecuted and condemned to lives of abject poverty. After the fall of communism, the perpetrators of these atrocities were not confronted with their crimes and continued to function surreptitiously. Their shame and guilt have been suppressed, while the wrongs suffered by the victims have not been remedied, and thus continue to hang over the nation like the Sword of Damocles. The unexpunged culpability and corrupted conscience inherited by their descendants continue to foment social resentments. The aim of the article is to suggest the approach to restoring social equilibrium taking as the premise that the legacy of historical violence must be remedied, and the wrongs must be rectified a priori. The scientific methods used in the article are restitution, restoration, reconciliation, and mediation. The sense of social and individual justice is at the core of humanity. Where this is lacking, social unrest arises and spills over with violence. The crimes of the communist regime must be conceded to prevent an impending revolution. Compassion toward the suffering can pave the way to forgiveness, and through that, to reconciliation.


Author(s):  
Frank Tian-Fang Ye ◽  
Kuen-Fung Sin ◽  
Xiaozi Gao

The COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest have posed a unique set of challenges to Hong Kong. During these two social events, parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) who were already experiencing caregiving pressure, likely coped with additional stressors; they were at a higher risk of mental health problems. A pre-registered, cross-sectional survey study was carried out among 234 Hong Kong parents of children with SEN, investigating the associations of stigmatized identity, perceived discrimination, and subjective well-being under the impact of these social events. Utilizing the Bayesian modelling, we found that highly self-stigmatized parents not only perceived more daily-life discriminating behaviors against them, but also reported having higher distress, more negative emotions, and lower life satisfaction. A higher perceived impact of social events and more discrimination were also associated with lower well-being. Additionally, stigmatized identity, perceived discrimination, and perceived impact of social events demonstrated unique associations with well-being variables, indicating they were substantial stressors. The study called out for public attention to the mental health conditions among parents of children with SEN and other disadvantaged groups in society.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Nazir Siyal

This research article’s primary goal is to determine the triggers and implications of Pakistan’s political instability and its effects on the political situation of Sindh during the democratic decade from 1988 to 1999. Despite abundant natural resources, Pakistan is one of the only countries where political unrest has severely hampered the social and political development of the country. So, this paper aims to understand the leading factors of political instability that weakened the country’s political growth and led the nation in general and Sindh province, in particular, to suffer social and ethnic problems in society. To understand the issue deeply, the researcher used unstructured Interviews as a research tool with law-makers, academicians, and political scientists. However, many interviewees accepted that the lack of enthusiastic leadership, the Role of the weak judiciary, the passive role of civil bureaucracy, and political ethnicity had been the leading factors for political and social unrest. Thus, the study’s findings would help the law-makers and academicians of different colleges and universities to design their policies and curriculum. Additionally, this paper would help various nationalists and political parties of Sindh province to comprehend the genuine reasons for unrest in the area from 1988 to 1999. Key Words:  Political instability, Weak Judiciary, Political ethnicity, Foreign interference, Role of civil bureaucracy


Mindfulness ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Hay Ming Lo ◽  
Elsa Nga Sze Lau ◽  
Cherry Hiu Lin Tam ◽  
So Wa Ngai ◽  
Sunny Ho Wan Chan ◽  
...  

Significance This is due to a combination of factors, including high rates of vaccine hesitancy and inadequate supply to meet current demand. The Omicron variant has raised fears that economic recovery could be stifled. Meanwhile, inflation has increased in the region amid political and social unrest in many of its countries. Impacts Vaccine roll-out will continue to lag in West Africa. Coastal states may experience an uptick in jihadist attacks in border areas. Public sector strikes and street protests will occur frequently across the region.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitao Song ◽  
Guihong Fan ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Xueying Wang ◽  
Daihai He

Background: By February 2021, the overall impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South and Southeast Asia was relatively mild. Surprisingly, in early April 2021, the second wave significantly impacted the population and garnered widespread international attention.Methods: This study focused on the nine countries with the highest cumulative deaths from the disease as of August 17, 2021. We look at COVID-19 transmission dynamics in South and Southeast Asia using the reported death data, which fits a mathematical model with a time-varying transmission rate.Results: We estimated the transmission rate, infection fatality rate (IFR), infection attack rate (IAR), and the effects of vaccination in the nine countries in South and Southeast Asia. Our study suggested that the IAR is still low in most countries, and increased vaccination is required to prevent future waves.Conclusion: Implementing non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) could have helped South and Southeast Asia keep COVID-19 under control in 2020, as demonstrated in our estimated low-transmission rate. We believe that the emergence of the new Delta variant, social unrest, and migrant workers could have triggered the second wave of COVID-19.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1476718X2110627
Author(s):  
Caroline Cohrssen ◽  
Nirmala Rao ◽  
Puja Kapai ◽  
Priya Goel La Londe

Hong Kong experienced a period of significant social unrest, marked by protests, from June 2019 to February 2020. Media coverage was pervasive. In July 2020, children aged from 5 to 6 years attending kindergartens in areas both directly and less directly impacted by the protests were asked to draw and talk about what had taken place during the social unrest. Thematic analysis of children’s drawings demonstrates the extent of their awareness and understanding and suggests that children perceived both protestors and police as angry and demonstrating aggression. Many children were critical of police conduct and saw protestors as needing protection from the police. Children around the world have been exposed to protest movements in recent times. The implications for parents, teachers and schools are discussed.


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