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Use of Cycling Paths along the Morogoro BRT Line
Get PDFAs the urban population continues to increase rapidly in Dar es Salaam it will become increasingly important to find sustainable means of urban transportation. With planned infrastructure improvements in the city to help alleviate traffic congestion, bicycles, which represent a largely underutilized form of urban transportation, have the potential to play a large role in the future of the city. Through background research, direct observations, community surveys, and interviews, both formal and informal, this study sought to understand the impact of the recent addition of bike lanes along the first phase of the Dar Bus Rapid Transit line. It was found that, while the infrastructure improvements were recognized and appreciated by those who do cycle, the addition of bike lanes along the BRT corridor has not had a significant impact on increasing the number of individuals willing to use bicycles as means of urban transportation
Consecuencias de la dictadura: la salud mental transgeneracional en hijos de detenidos desaparecidos / Consequences of the dictatorship: transgenerational mental health in children of disappeared detainees
Get PDFResearch Question: What are the trends seen in the mental health of the children of the people who were “disappeared” by the Pinochet dictatorship?
Objectives: The general objective of this study is to look for trends in the mental health of children of disappeared people. The specific objectives are to understand the particular stresses that come with disappearances versus other types of deaths, to gage the general opinion of the government’s system of reparation, and to identify common coping methods.
Background: Between the years of 1973-1990, Chile was under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. During this time, major human rights violations occurred as the dictator tried to eliminate anyone who was discovered to be associated with certain left-wing political parties. Thousands of people were imprisoned, exiled, or disappeared, and their children continue to be affected by the atrocities today.
Methodology:Seven interviews were conducted in Santiago during the month of November 2016. Three children of disappeared people were interviewed, as well as two psychologists, one social worker, and one ex-prisoner. The interviews were non-structured with open-ended questions that allowed interviewees to elaborate on their experiences. Although there were other types of victims of the dictatorship such as exiled people, political prisoners, and torture victims, this study only investigated the mental health of disappeared people’s children in order to remain focused.
Results: There were six principal results found in this study. These results are consequences of the disappearances that have an impact on the mental health of the children of disappeared people. The first is the idea of a permanent kidnapping of a loved one. Just like with a kidnapping, the families of the disappeared people did not have, and often still do not have, information about what happened to their loved one post-detention. There is no sense of closure for these families. The next two results were emotional and financial stress followed by the culture of silence in Chilean society and within affected families. Resilience and distrust in the government were the final two results.
Conclusions reached: The main conclusion of this study is that mental health of the children of disappeared people is affected in an intergenerational manner. The condition of being a disappeared person and the consequences of this situation affect the mental health of one’s children in various ways. The way in which a child of a disappeared person is affected depends upon his or her support network and ability to be resilient. Therefore, the factors that were found to affect mental health manifest themselves in different ways depending upon the subject
UNDERSTANDING PERCEPTIONS OF IDENTITY AND STRATEGIES OF EMPOWERMENT WITH ADOLESCENT AFRO-BRAZILIAN GIRLS
No full textAfro-Brazilian women in Brazil face an immense amount of adversity. This specific demographic confronts discrimination in the workplace, lower wages, and occupational inequality. Multiple studies have proven that women of color in Brazil are in the most difficult and vulnerable position to find success. Though this demographic has seen improvements in their societal standing, the gap between their white male counterparts has persisted, and in some cases increased.
Because of this adversity, it is vitally important to instill a sense of empowerment and confidence within Afro-Brazilian female youth. It is never too early to begin this process, and this is the central focus of Bahia Street. This NGO has achieved a great deal with empowering young Afro-Brazilian women in the urban environment of Salvador.
For my project, I spent a month with the young women at Bahia Street. I taught math and English, observed the perceptions of racial identities, and learned about the process of empowering young women. I discovered that the students at Bahia Street perceive European phenotypes to be more beautiful than Afro-Brazilian phenotypes and that empowerment is achieved through both healthy competition and body expression
Protección de los niños y niñas indígenas: El caso del SENAME y el pueblo mapuche en Chile / 90/5000 Protection of indigenous children: The case of the SENAME and the Mapuche people in Chile
No full textThe rights of all children are guaranteed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations in 1989. This Convention guaranteed children the right not only to sufficient food, a place to live, and security, but also to a high quality education and political inclusion. Chile ratified the Convention in 1990, and it became the legal base for the work done by Chile’s child protection system, el Servicio Nacional del Menor (SENAME). The system administers sanctions for youth who have broken the law and intervenes when children have been victims of a violation of their human rights.1 Like all public institutions in Chile, it works with children who are part of Chile’s indigenous Mapuche population. The relationship between the Mapuche people and the Chilean State is historically fraught. Mapuches work to recuperate their culture, assert their autonomy, and reclaim their ancestral territory against the fiercely neoliberal Chilean government, sometimes by violent means. The Chilean State in turn perpetuates direct and structural violence against the Mapuche people through police action, systemic oppression, and discrimination.2
SENAME, which is a system meant to protect Mapuche children, plays a role in the violence against Mapuche families. It does not recognize the police violence against Mapuche families and only began incorporating an intercultural perspective in the region with the greatest Mapuche population in the past few years. Now, SENAME is collapsing: the system’s structure has led to the deaths of hundreds of Chilean children.3 Chile has the opportunity to rebuild and recommit to children’s rights, in particular those of indigenous children. In this paper, I draw on interviews with Mapuche families regarding how they build resilience in their children in part through teaching Mapuche traditions. After speaking with Mapuche families, experts on Mapuche culture, and child welfare professionals from SENAME and UNICEF, I conclude that in order for SENAME to better acknowledge the needs of Mapuche families, it must focus on keeping Mapuche children with their families and train its professionals so that in their interventions with Mapuche families they utilize an intercultural methodology which respects, recognizes, and incorporates Mapuche culture
For a public-private partnership to achieve migrant health equality in Morocco: A Cross-Analysis of Integration Policies and Migrant Peer Educator Programs
Get PDFSince the Moroccan Ministry in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs (MRE) released its National Strategy on Immigration and Asylum in December 2014, MRE has put forth various policies and action plans to improve migrant integration in Morocco, including the need for their integration into the national healthcare system. Before that, most of the needs of the growing migrant population in Morocco were provided for by civil society and non-governmental organizations, who worked with severely underserved and isolated migrants often fearful and distrusting of the government and authorities. To overcome this resentment, these organizations had to develop community outreach programs to spread out into the community. Four such organizations – Caritas, the Association for the Fight Against AIDS (ALCS), the Pan-African Organization for the Fight Against AIDS (OPALS), and Médecins du Monde – and their community programs were studied as examples of the outreach work developed by civil society in the last two decades or so. Twelve interviews were carried out with (i) migrant peer educators at ALCS and OPALS, (ii) administrators at all four organizations, (iii) officials from the Ministry of Health, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the National Center for Human Rights (CNDH), (iv) representatives of the private healthcare sector, and (v) two migrants (to produce their life stories) to gain perspective on the current situation of migrant health in Morocco. The research revealed a disconnect between the policies and action plans set out by Moroccan Ministries and the experiences of migrants on the ground, but also found that several organizations have developed effective peer educator programs to aid in community health engagement and awareness. The recommendation is for a public-private partnership between the Moroccan government and civil society organizations to incorporate the experience gained through the outreach programs (in particular peer educator programs) to improve the implementation of migrant integration into healthcare systems
Self-Perceptions of Disability and Impairment in an Indian Prosthetic Population using Jaipur Foot Technology
Get PDFTwenty-nine first time and repeat prosthetic users were interviewed over a period of three weeks to determine how they perceived their own disability at Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, or Jaipur Foot, located in Jaipur, India. The questions delineated different aspects of people’s disabilities and impairment, and asked a multitude of questions regarding social, economic, political, and other contexts, influenced by the conceptual framework of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF). The study analyzed all of the factors as specified by the questionnaire and found that many varying trends over all types of prosthetic users. The study also used the ICF to determine whether or not it can be used in the scope of this study. Notable trends found few differences between the support a person had and whether or not the person was a first time or repeat prosthetic user, as well as a general struggle due to political factors. Overall, the study found that since there were no distinct trends, it was consistent with the changes in the perception of disability in India. Current needs call for increased support for progressive disability-related legislative policy, resource centers, more accessible buildings and transportation, and increased awareness of people with disabilities in general
Queer Connections: Social Media as a Versatile Tool of the Marginalized Moroccan LGBT
Get PDFThis paper examines the role of social media in the Moroccan LGBT sphere. It draws on personal narratives from LGBT men and women as well as activists in order to establish the various ways that social media is employed in the interests of the individual, the community, and the activist. While social media has been a tool to expand the LGBT community around the world, it is specifically and unusually useful in Morocco where there is considerable censorship of incoming and outgoing media. Additionally, many public displays of resistance are considered to be counter productive to the pro-LGBT movement because they are often construed as disrespectful to the cultural norms (which discourage all public displays of romantic affection) and hurt the efforts to find a unique Moroccan solution to the problem of LGBT discrimination. This work will attempt to add qualitative, first-hand accounts of how the progress of the LGBT movement in Morocco must be treated differently than the progress of similar Western movements and to highlight how access to information and privacy of the individual through the use of social media are essential to LGBT development. Finally, the intent of this paper is rooted in finding practical methods in which the mental and emotional health of LGBT individuals has already been and could further be improved by access to LGBT supporting social media
Building a Compassionate Vocabulary that Strengthen Our Relationships Workshop
No full textThis workshop is intended to give the participants the opportunity to explore the third components of Nonviolent Communication, the acknowledgement of needs behind our feelings, and experience how this component helps us to take responsibility of our own feelings and others’ in order to solve conflicts and strengthen our relationships
Exploring Partnerships Between Embedded Providers and Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program Directors
Get PDFThis research reveals the sentiments of faculty about the perceived support structures and barriers in place for them to develop new international education outbound student mobility programs on US campuses with third party providers embedded within the education abroad office. This increasingly attractive partnership model is unique in the field for the multitudinous collaboration that it employs. Data was collected through three separate surveys and a series of interviews. The sample totaled 26 faculty and over 330 students responding to the surveys and an additional fifteen faculty interviewees, the research suggests establishing some tools and venues for faculty and international education staff to better engage cooperatively in the process of campus internationalization.
Keywords: faculty engagement, education abroad, collaboration, internationalizatio
Reflect, React, Exchange: A Cultural Competency Co-Curriculum
Get PDFCultural competency serves as key component to medical training and education and increasing interest in international health experiences denotes a recent need to respond to globalized health and populations. Reflect, React, Exchange (RRE) is a co-curriculum aims to provide a revised and integrated framework and foster awareness via experience, exchange, reflection, and dialogue at the Clinica de Familia La Romana in La Romana, Dominican Republic. RRE utilizes theories which are appropriate to the transformative learning aims and integral curricular activities of the CFLR Global Health Experience, an 8-week, global health internship experience for health science. It provides students with the opportunity to learn about public health in a resource-poor settings through clinical observations; participation in projects of public health importance; and, opportunities for cultural immersion and integration. Students are expected to complete the program with increased cultural competence.
This capstone paper aims to deepen the learning experience of aspiring medical professionals in empathy and cross-cultural understanding. Reflect, React, Exchange is designed to introduce students to themes of cultural competency / humility, allowing them to self-direct and integrate their learning, as well as develop formative relationships. The program incorporates the contexts of the experience or the complexities of student and staff positionality and identity and foments a greater appreciation of socio-cultural factors and their impact in knowledge and skill-development in an international health elective. Ultimately, these abilities will improve care for patients and collaboration with colleagues of diverse origins