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Mental Illness Stigma, Socially Acceptable Treatment, and Barriers to Health
Get PDFThis paper discusses the topic of mental illness stigma and treatment in Uganda as explored through internship in the Social Work Department at Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital. The objectives of this project were to complete a meaningful internship while exploring causes of mental illness in Uganda, contradictions between traditional and modern approaches to treatment, and the affect of stigma on mental well-being. The internship included a total of 120 hours at Butabika Hospital. Individual research using documentary and literature review methods accompanied the internship. Butabika Hospital did not consent to the completion of formal research at, so any conclusions are not significant research findings but merely educational in nature. The internship experience allowed for the completion of project objectives. It became evident there were three main causes of mental illness in Uganda: gender roles, cultural expectations of family, and poverty. Those who have developed mental illness face stigmatization by their community largely due to misunderstanding and disconnect between tradition and modern medicine. Mental health care providers work to mitigate discrepancies between traditional and modern methods and understanding through a cooperative approach. Improvement of mental well-being of Ugandans will have a large impact on their ability to develop as a nation. Commitment to both traditional and modern traditions is crucial to providing socially acceptable health care
Land Insecurity in Gulu, Uganda: A Clash Between Culture and Capitalism
Get PDFThis paper presents the causes and consequences of land insecurity in Gulu, Uganda. In order to address this important and often sensitive issue, the paper analyzes the role of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency and the government’s policy of forced encampment during the insurgency in contributing to land insecurity, causing widespread displacement among former internally displaced persons (IDPs). It further explores the importance of land ownership in providing economic productivity to rural landowners, as well as the nature of customary land tenure in Acholi culture and the government’s efforts to privatize communal land, to give a background on the economic and cultural importance of land ownership.
To complete this research, the researcher held interviews with multiple informants in Gulu and Kampala. Cultural leaders contributed their knowledge of traditional Acholi culture and their role in land dispute mediation, NGO professionals outlined multiple challenges Gulu residents face regarding land rights and the efforts of civil society organizations in reversing these challenges, and government officials provided information regarding the complicated legality of land ownership, including the constitutional right to customary land tenure, land title registration and the controversial constitutional amendment regarding forced land acquisition currently under debate in the Parliament of Uganda. Additionally, the researcher spoke to rural property owners in Gulu about the challenges they currently face with their land and the impacts of both the LRA insurgency and development projects on their perceived land security.
This research concludes that the LRA insurgency and current land grabbing and privatization efforts have contributed greatly to land insecurity in Gulu. The insurgency led to the destruction of demarcations traditionally used to determine property boundaries, as well as land grabbing by government officials, investors and former IDPs who were left without land after the conflict. The increasing prevalence of development projects also makes residents fear forced evictions from their property, which has a negative impact on their economic productivity. In order to reverse this trend, the researcher argues the government must shift its focus on the monetary value of land and instead recognize the emphasis Acholi culture places on communal land ownership
Convivendo na Lagoa do Mineiro: An Education in Living and Loving With
Get PDFOne of Brazil’s most pressing issues is unequitable land distribution and agrarian land reform. Movimento Sem Terra (MST) is at the forefront of this struggle and has redistributed land to approximately 1,250 families so far. As well as access and right to land ownership, MST addresses issues from youth development, to education, to ecology and more with the mission to create a more just and inclusive Brazil by training its future leaders. This vision includes moving away from the capitalist system that currently enables hierarchies of power to control Brazil at the expense of many of its citizens and natural resources. The way in which MST forms its youth to understand and respect the land on which they live and work, as well as fight for their right to exercise their citizenship, is moving to me. I spent three and a half weeks at the Lagoa do Mineiro settlement in Itarema, Ceará to conviver with MST members and residents of the settlement. I learned from their meanings of well-being, justice, and environmental consciousness in order to look inward on myself and expand my ideas of these same things. In order to change the exploitative systems we live in, we must first change them within ourselves. This monograph is reflective of the questions that arose within me during my three week stay at the MST settlement Lagoa do Mineiro in Itarema, CE and of the unpacking of those questions.
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Uma das questões mais prementes do Brasil é a distribuição de terras e a reforma agrária. O Movimento Sem Terra (MST) está na vanguarda desta luta e redistribiu a terra para aproximadamente 1.250 famílias até agora. Além do acesso e direito à propriedade da terra, o MST aborda questões do desenvolvimento juvenil, educação, ecologia. Tem a missão de criar um Brasil melhor e está treinando seus futuros líderes. Essa visão inclui o afastamento do sistema capitalista que permite que as hierarquias do poder controlem o Brasil à custa de muitos de seus cidadãos e recursos naturais. A maneira pela qual o MST forma sua juventude para entender e respeitar a terra, além de lutar por seu direito de exercer sua cidadania, é emocionante para mim. Eu passei três semanas no assentamento de Lagoa do Mineiro em Itarema, Ceará convivendo com membros do MST para aprender seus significados de bem-estar, justiça e consciência ambiental. Eu pude olhar para dentro de mim e expandir minhas idéias sobre as mesmas coisas. Para mudar os sistemas de exploração em que vivemos, devemos primeiro mudá-los dentro de nós mesmos. Esta monografia reflete as questões que surgiram dentro de mim durante a minha estadia de três semanas e a descompactação dessas questões
Olas de cambio: Violencia política y desplazamiento durante la Guerra Interna en el Perú (1980-2000)
No full textEsta investigación responde al problema de las aproximadamente 600,000 personas que fueron desplazadas internamente entre 1980 y 2000 como resultado de la violencia política ocurrida entre el Estado Peruano y grupos insurgentes como Sendero Luminoso. Específicamente, investigo la relación entre violencia política y desplazamiento interno, así como la naturaleza de las experiencias personales de los desplazados. Como enfoque secundario, examino cómo la identidad juega un papel en las experiencias de los desplazados. Desarrollando la investigación en Cusco y Lima, utilizo una combinación de revisión de archivos, observación directa y entrevistas. Las entrevistas, de indígenas desplazados de Apurímac durante la Guerra Interna, sirven como testimonios que comparo con otros testimonios recogidos por la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación. A través de estos métodos de investigación, argumento que existe una relación directa entre la violencia política y el desplazamiento. Sin embargo, también sostengo que los testimonios de los desplazados muestran que es necesario examinar sus experiencias específicas y únicas para evitar agrupar a los desplazados en un cuerpo de víctimas. Además, es necesario examinar la identidad étnica de los desplazados, ya que la mayoría de los desplazados eran indígenas. Su etnia afectó sus experiencias tanto antes como después del acto de desplazamiento, haciendo que los pueblos indígenas sean más susceptibles al desplazamiento.
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This investigation responds to the problem of the approximate 600,000 people that were internally displaced from 1980 to 2000 as a result of the political violence that took place between the Peruvian State and insurgent groups like Sendero Luminoso. Specifically, I investigate the relationship between political violence and internal displacement, as well as the nature of the personal experiences of the displaced. As a secondary focus, I examine how identity plays a role in the experiences of the displaced. Developing the investigation in Cusco and Lima, I utilize a combination of archival revision, direct observation, and interviews. The interviews, from indigenous people displaced from Apurímac during the Internal War, serve as testimonies which I compare with other testimonies collected by the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation. Across these methods of investigation, I argue that there is a direct relationship between political violence and displacement. However, I also argue that the testimonies of the displaced show that it is necessary to examine their specific, unique experiences in order to avoid grouping the displaced into one body of victims. Furthermore, it is necessary to examine the ethnic identity of the displaced, since the majority of the displaced were indigenous. Their ethnicity affected their experiences both before and after the act of displacement, making indigenous communities more susceptible to displacement
From Kipat to Kathmandu: A Failed Integration of Limbu People into the Nepali State in Biblate, Ilam
Get PDFIn eastern Nepal, a territory historically known as Limbuwan, the Limbu people make up just under 400,000. Historically, this region and its people were accompanied by the practice of kipat, a system of land tenure and management as well as one of community and cultural governance. In 2021 (1964) the Land Act formally ended the practice of the kipat system and transferred all lands to the state held raikar form of tenure. With the end of the practice of kipat came the attempted integration of the Limbu people from their traditional governing systems into the burgeoning Nepali democracy. A combination of factors (indigenous caste status, lack of education, distance from policy making, etc.) has created a struggle for Limbus to find their political identiy under the Government of Nepal. This struggle has included the establishment of a minor political party, overwhelming political despair, and the compromise for many of the Limbu identity from the political landscape. The integration of Limbu people into the central government of Nepal has been incomplete and since the dissolution of the kipat system, the Limbu identity remains at large, unspoken for in Kathmandu
The Effect of Warming on Wind Speed and Potential Wind Power in Iceland
Get PDFClimate change is causing a shift in the temperature and pressure gradient between the Arctic and the Equator, with the Arctic warming at a faster rate than the Equator. This shift has the potential to alter the seasonal wind speeds in the Northern Hemisphere, which could in turn affect the wind power density potential. In this study, a wind model was created to predict future wind speeds and wind power density for 6 weather stations in Iceland. According to the model, winter wind speeds and wind power density potential will either stay the same or increase slightly (0 – 4%), while summer wind speeds and wind power density potential will decrease by 2 – 5% and 10 – 14%, respectively. These results agree closely with existing literature. The increase in winter power density could provide a complement to existing hydropower infrastructure, while the eventual decrease in summer power density implores that investment in wind power happens sooner rather than later for optimal efficiency
An Abbreviated Leap: The Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Significance of the China – Pakistan Economic Corridor to the New Silk Road
Get PDFThe objective of this analysis is to reveal the geopolitical and geoeconomic significance of the China – Pakistan Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative to its major stakeholders; Pakistan and China. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled one of the most ambitious international infrastructure plans in modern history. The plan, in its earliest stages, is currently underway with its first portion, the China – Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Through careful preliminary analysis of the greater Belt and Road Initiative, the China – Pakistan Economic Corridor, and history of Sino-Pak relations, the motivations of the collaborating nations are then manifested. This report examines a variety of geopolitical and geoeconomic subject matter; including domestic security, resource management, economic development, and inter state of both Pakistan and China. In order to capture the myriad of interests and complexity of the CPEC, four expert interviews are included in this report that captures the breadth of perspective surrounding the Belt and Road Initiative
Russia\u27s Northern Rook: Nord Stream 2 on the European Energy Chessboard
Get PDFThe Nord Stream 2 pipeline proposes to connect Germany to the world’s largest natural gas reserves in Russia, allowing the state-owned Russian energy behemoth Gazprom to double its export capacity through the ‘Northern Corridor’ transit route to Europe. This project has been the subject of sharp disapproval from Central and Eastern European countries, as well as the United States, which fear the prospect of increasing dependence on gas imports from a Russia perceived as politically aggressive and unreliable. This paper will identify the geopolitical and geoeconomic implications involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2 by adopting a geostrategic worldview of the competition over the lucrative EU energy market. The conclusions reached in this paper encourage the European Union to forge ahead in constructing Nord Stream 2, but also to prioritize investment in additional import infrastructure in order to facilitate a diversification of supply. Most importantly, this paper strongly urges increased EU solidarity in terms of energy policy cohesiveness to avoid a Russian exploitation of its dominant EU energy market share. This analysis is divided into three sections, considers perspectives gathered from a wide variety of secondary sources, and also incorporates opinions from five interviews conducted with selected contributing scholars in the Nord Stream and European energy security discourses. The first section of the paper will provide a general background to natural gas, the current EU-Russian energy relationship, and the origins of Nord Stream 2. The second section, the bulk of the study, contains a state-by-state analysis of the geopolitical interests of the three geostrategic players involved in the European energy contention, and also other European states which have voiced opposition to the Nord Stream 2 in order to defend their geopolitical interests. The third section will offer policy prescriptions to the actors involved in the situation. Finally, a brief conclusion will summarize the points made in this analysis and identify possible extensions of research on this topic
“Uno es Palestino por el orgullo” Palestinian Assimilation and Identity in Nicaragua.
Get PDFPalestinians have been immigrating to Nicaragua and throughout Central America since the early 20th-century, and they have formed their own small community in Managua. The first generation of immigrants from Palestine arrived without any support from the Nicaraguan government, and had to rely on the community for survival. However, the second generation has been brought up in a different Nicaragua than their parents faced and now encounters a new set of challenges in preserving their identity and becoming part of mainstream Nicaraguan society. This paper seeks to investigate the outcomes of assimilation of the second generation of Palestinian-Nicaraguans. In addition, it attempts to identify and assess what resources the first and second generations can draw upon in their search for identity in Nicaraguan society
The Principles of Universal Design for Learning implemented in a non-profit organization: The Discovery Center.
Get PDFThis capstone focuses on the implementation of Universal Design for Learning within The Discovery Center—a non-profit organization that provides educational programs for children in Connecticut. The intention of this capstone project is to raise awareness and share introductory knowledge around Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Universal Design for Learning is a framework that relays clear information for educators and people, in general, to mirror into their curricula to increase learning for multiple individuals (Rose, 2009). This paper proposes the adaptation of UDL into The Discovery Center (TDC) curriculum to increase access to students with different learning styles and abilities. TDC uses the inquiry-based learning in their curriculum and will be assessed throughout this paper to show its connections with the Universal Design for Learning framework. Inquiry-based learning helps shape leaders of tomorrow in thinking critically, questioning ideologies and embracing their own ideas ( Inquiry-Based Learning: Developing Student-Driven Questions, 2015). Therefore, this paper will aim to show the symbiosis between inquiry-based learning and the Universal Design for Learning Principles: multiple means of representation, multiple means of action and expression, and multiple means of engagement. The goal is to create a workshop for the teachers and facilitators at TDC to train them on UDL Principles. This paper can also be examined and readjusted to fit any organization that strives to become knowledgeable in the Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and looks for opportunities to increase program access