CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT: GAPS IN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR SMALL ISLANDS/ARCHIPELAGO

Despite the existence of numerous international instruments addressing forced migration, internal displacement and climate change, international law does not offer ad hoc protection to people affected by climate displacement. The unprecedented nature of the challenges posed by sinking islands is one of the causes of this legal vacuum. Nonetheless, international law will have to react and the ways in which this could happen vary substantially. One possible solution could consist in adapting the existing legal frame work to the peculiarities of climate-induced displacement. The specific needs of climate-displaced people could…

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL STRESS AND CHILDREN TEMPERAMENT 

A child’s activity level was correlated with the level of stress a mother experiences. Parents can describe their children as having distinct and recognisable patterns of behaviour as young as in infancy. Even at birth, some children are much more challenging to parents while other children are notably more easygoing and carefree. Since parenting involves the relationship between a child’s  temperament(personality style) and the parent’s response, the relationship is a reciprocal process in which parent and child are constantly affecting each other. It was hypothesised that child activity level would correlate…

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GARDENING: WELLBEING FOR MENTAL HEALTH

It has commonly stated that “Mental health and wellbeing”  can positively affect almost every area of a person’s life: education, employment, family and relationships. It can help people achieve their potential, realise their  ambitions, cope with adversity, work productively and contribute to their community and society. Promoting mental health and wellbeing has multiple benefits. It improves health outcomes, life expectancy, productivity and educational and economic  outcomes and reduces violence and crime. Estimates from 2006  put the wider economic costs of  mental health problems at over  £110 billions per year. We can define wellbeing as “a positive…

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COUPLES ATTACHMENT INSECURITY IN STRESSFUL COVID-19 CONTEXTS

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an acute, challenging event that puts to the test whether models in relationship science help identify whose relationships are vulnerable to disruption in the wake of this unprecedented global event. The current longitudinal study  leveraged to examine whether  pre-existing vulnerabilities  (attachment insecurity) assessed  prior to the pandemic and stress  during a mandated quarantine  predicted residual changes in  relationship functioning. Partners’ attachment anxiety emerged as a  consistent vulnerability that, along  with stress, increased the risk of  poor relationship functioning,  including greater relationship  problems, a more chaotic and less  cohesive family environment and lower relationship quality. These  results uniquely emphasize that the  potential…

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NEEDFULNESS HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES AMENDMENT DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND UPCOMING PANDEMIC OUTBREAK

The nation faces an unprecedented public health crisis, businesses are grappling with how to support their workforce, implement emergency policies and sustain their businesses amidst economic uncertainty. As of millions of workers especially frontline workers paid low wages are facing dire extremes: either experiencing layoffs or reduced hours, or working under demanding and often unsafe conditions. Many workers lack emergency protections and benefits to meet the needs of this moment. We must encourage companies to adopt multiple practices and focus on applying them as broadly and equitably as possible, to…

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PSYCHOSIS : HEALTH CARE EXIGENCY AND REQUIRE POLICYMAKING

Psychosis is a medical term used to describe hearing or seeing things that are not there, or holding delusional beliefs. Common examples include hearing voices or believing that people are trying to do you harm. It can be experienced as a one-off episode, but if left untreated can lead to long term illness and disability. Early Intervention in Psychosis(EIP) can significantly improves a young person’s prospects of recovering from psychosis. It also reduces the likelihood that they will relapse or be detained under the mental health, potentially saving the medical…

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CONSEQUENCES OF SCHOOL CLOSING AND ICT TRAINING NEEDS FOR TEACHING PROFESSIONALS

The current context under the threat of the pandemic as a result of COVID-19 is causing a series of transformations in the different spheres of social, political, labour, and economic life. Different governments have launched emergency policy initiatives based on the suspension of classes and the closure of educational centres to continue teaching activities from homes telematically through the use of information and communication technologies to be able to stop the number of infections. Consequently, education professionals are carrying out a process of assimilation toward new circumstances with a few…

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BIG DATA AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

The data relating to our own actions and the data generated and reported on by “things”, are also increasingly shared and/or exploited in aggregate form, as so-called Big Data.  In this new environment, we are generate extremely detailed personalized or quasi-personalized data trails even if  we are only half aware of them. These data can be used to map social networks along with the spiders’ webs of contacts linked to further contacts. Combined with Big Data and profiles, they can show surprisingly revealing details  of every man and woman’s life, beliefs, inclinations,…

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EPIDEMIC OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS FACTS: PART II 

Epidemic treatments are often based on proactive solutions, early interventions and direct approaches wherever possible.  What the literature on the costs of unemployment and the social determinants of health suggests is that directly creating employment opportunities for the unemployed is in and of itself an important policy objective. One such direct approach to joblessness is a job guarantee, aka, employer of last resort, buffer stock employment, or public service employment. The advantage of this type of program is that it not only stresses job creation as an end in itself, but…

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UNITED NATIONS 75TH ANNIVERSARY: CRITICAL ANALYSIS

“The new millennium presents the most appropriate time to review the history of United Nations(UN) institution, its successes and failures, and expectations for its future.” Opinions may differ about the successes and failure of the United Nations as an instrument for world peace and security. But everyone will agree that it has played a crucial role in the economic and social advancement of the people. United Nation’s efforts in the early Cold War era concentrated on the relationships between nations and the issues of war and peace. The UN has…

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EPIDEMIC OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND IT’S FACTS : PART I

The words like an infectious disease, virus, or even an epidemic can describes unemployment. We need to focus on the transmission mechanism of unemployment, its macroeconomic behaviour, and socioeconomic impact. An impacting patterns are reveal while examining the data as it changes over the time.  Firstly, even cycle of business at it’s peak level, increased unemployment levels in communities across the countries are seen countlessly. These communities continue to be forced in recession even though the countries at much doing good in economic activities.    Secondly, the national unemployment number figures…

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PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFANT AND PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP 

Early mother-infant interactions begin by the mother adding meaning to the child’s behaviours which move on to mutual adjustment of emotions. As exchanges increase, then the interactions begin to be experienced as the infant begins to understand the presence of intentions and minds in other people. Mother-infant interaction begins to have significance called “shared experience of emotions (mind)” that is essential for affective development of infants or the personality formation. The important qualitative aspect of mother infant interaction will have already been established by the time the infant begins to…

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CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH : FORGOTTEN RESEARCH FACTORS

Since the start of the 21st century there has been a considerable increase in the quantity and quality of outcomes research in child and adolescent mental health. But despite this there remain many areas where research knowledge is insufficient to guide practice. Future efforts, research and practice will need to address an issues if we are to meet the ideal of reaching and treating all children and young people with mental health problems.  For some mental health disorders of children and young people there is still a lack of clarity…

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FRAMEWORK WORK ACTION ON UNEMPLOYMENT: PART II 

In order to deal with unemployment, we had express ourselves with framework of actions on unemployment( priority 1 Learning and priority 2 Transition) in previous article.  Let’s look at remaining two priorities I.e. Employment and Entrepreneurship to deliver concrete measures in order to improve young people’s employment opportunities. Under the employment priority, social partners have reported a more diverse set of actions and measures taken at different countries’ national level. The social partners do not concentrate on a particular area but address different factors or causes preventing young people from getting…

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SUPER BRAIN YOGA

Super brain Yoga (SBY) is based on the principle of ear acupuncture and subtle energy movement in the body. SBY enhances the qualitative and quantitative pranic energy in the brain. The present study has show an improvement in concentration, memory, and confidence of students by practicing SBY. Super brain yoga (SBY) is a simple exercise which involves squeezing one’s earlobes with thumb and forefinger in a particular position and squatting following a prescribed breathing technique facing a particular direction. SBY cleanses and energises the energy centres needed for the brain…

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