Local Acts of Violence: Global Issues
Author | : Rochelle Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Social sciences |
ISBN | : 9789004370777 |
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Author | : Rochelle Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Social sciences |
ISBN | : 9789004370777 |
Author | : Rochelle Green |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2019-01-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1848881959 |
This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2015. Local Acts of Violence: Global Issues shares a history of violence as a means of questioning how we should contend with the often exceedingly disturbing instances of violence in our shared cultural and national pasts.
Author | : United Nations;World Bank |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2018-04-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1464811865 |
Violent conflicts today are complex and increasingly protracted, involving more nonstate groups and regional and international actors. It is estimated that by 2030—the horizon set by the international community for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals—more than half of the world’s poor will be living in countries affected by high levels of violence. Information and communication technology, population movements, and climate change are also creating shared risks that must be managed at both national and international levels. Pathways for Peace is a joint United Nations†“World Bank Group study that originates from the conviction that the international community’s attention must urgently be refocused on prevention. A scaled-up system for preventive action would save between US$5 billion and US$70 billion per year, which could be reinvested in reducing poverty and improving the well-being of populations. The study aims to improve the way in which domestic development processes interact with security, diplomacy, mediation, and other efforts to prevent conflicts from becoming violent. It stresses the importance of grievances related to exclusion—from access to power, natural resources, security and justice, for example—that are at the root of many violent conflicts today. Based on a review of cases in which prevention has been successful, the study makes recommendations for countries facing emerging risks of violent conflict as well as for the international community. Development policies and programs must be a core part of preventive efforts; when risks are high or building up, inclusive solutions through dialogue, adapted macroeconomic policies, institutional reform, and redistributive policies are required. Inclusion is key, and preventive action needs to adopt a more people-centered approach that includes mainstreaming citizen engagement. Enhancing the participation of women and youth in decision making is fundamental to sustaining peace, as well as long-term policies to address the aspirations of women and young people.
Author | : United States Catholic Conference |
Publisher | : USCCB Publishing |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781555860288 |
Addresses the need for a moral revolution and a renewed ethic of justice, responsibility, and community. Recognizes impressive examples in dioceses, parishes, and schools across the country.
Author | : Christina M. Holbrook |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2018-07-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1315352664 |
Workplace Violence: Issues in Threat Management defines what workplace violence is, delves into the myths and realities surrounding the topic and provides readers with the latest statistics, thinking, and strategies in the prevention of workplace violence. The authors, who themselves have implemented successful workplace violence protection programs, guide novice and experienced practitioners alike in the development of their own programs.
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2011-09-12 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309211549 |
Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society. Although violence is a threat to everyone, women and children are particularly susceptible to victimization because they often have fewer rights or lack appropriate means of protection. In some societies certain types of violence are deemed socially or legally acceptable, thereby contributing further to the risk to women and children. In the past decade research has documented the growing magnitude of such violence, but gaps in the data still remain. Victims of violence of any type fear stigmatization or societal condemnation and thus often hesitate to report crimes. The issue is compounded by the fact that for women and children the perpetrators are often people they know and because some countries lack laws or regulations protecting victims. Some of the data that have been collected suggest that rates of violence against women range from 15 to 71 percent in some countries and that rates of violence against children top 80 percent. These data demonstrate that violence poses a high burden on global health and that violence against women and children is common and universal. Preventing Violence Against Women and Children focuses on these elements of the cycle as they relate to interrupting this transmission of violence. Intervention strategies include preventing violence before it starts as well as preventing recurrence, preventing adverse effects (such as trauma or the consequences of trauma), and preventing the spread of violence to the next generation or social level. Successful strategies consider the context of the violence, such as family, school, community, national, or regional settings, in order to determine the best programs.
Author | : Sally Engle Merry |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2009-07-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0226520757 |
Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts. As a result, substantial discrepancies exist between what is decided in the halls of the United Nations and what women experience on a daily basis in their communities. Human Rights and Gender Violence is an ambitious study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice. As an observer of UN diplomatic negotiations as well as the workings of grassroots feminist organizations in several countries, Sally Engle Merry offers an insider's perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state power. Providing legal and anthropological perspectives, Merry contends that human rights law must be framed in local terms to be accepted and effective in altering existing social hierarchies. Gender violence in particular, she argues, is rooted in deep cultural and religious beliefs, so change is often vehemently resisted by the communities perpetrating the acts of aggression. A much-needed exploration of how local cultures appropriate and enact international human rights law, this book will be of enormous value to students of gender studies and anthropology alike.
Author | : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
Publisher | : United Nations |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2011-12-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9210555813 |
Violence against women is a global issue of pandemic proportions, which has an impact on all societies. This Handbook is designed to assist and guide police officers in the prevention of, and response to, violence against women. It familiarizes them with relevant international laws, norms and standards relating to violence against women and informing them about some promising practical approaches to effective police response to act of the violence. While it has global applications, it is designed primarily for use by police in transitional and developing countries where institutional means to protect women from violence have not yet been created or implemented. It addresses the rights of both victims and offenders.
Author | : United Nations Development Programme |
Publisher | : Human Development Report |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Community development |
ISBN | : 0195091701 |
Expounds a new concept of human security- one that focuses on the security of people in their homes, in their jobs, in their communities and in their environment.
Author | : Catherine J. Irving |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2015-11-02 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9463002022 |
The authors draw upon their earlier research examining how feminists have negotiated identity and learning in international contexts or multisector environments. Feminism in Community focuses on feminist challenges to lead, learn, and participate in nonprofit organizations, as well as their efforts to enact feminist pedagogy through arts processes, Internet fora, and critical community engagement. The authors bring a focused energy to the topic of women and adult learning, integrating insights of pedagogy and theory-informed practice in the fields of social movement learning, transformative learning, and community development. The social determinants of health, spirituality, research partnerships, and policy engagement are among the contexts in which such learning occurs. In drawing attention to the identity and practice of the adult educator teaching and learning with women in the community, the authors respond to gender mainstreaming processes that have obscured women as a discernible category in many areas of practice.