Precarious Situation Research Articles

Condition survey and repair proposals for Melin Daron, a derelict Grade II listed mill building in Aberdaron

The roof of Melin Daron, a derelict Grade II listed mill building in Aberdaron, on the Llŷn Peninsula in northwest Wales, had succumbed to leakages over two decades, which left some structural timbers exposed to the elements with some section decayed beyond repair. Mortar joints to the mill building’s exterior walls had almost perished with sections of the internal walls of the corn dryer section partially collapsed, leaving the structure in a precarious situation. In the short term some of the most important structural timber elements had to be repaired, along with repointing masonry and patch repairing the roof with a limited pot of money secured by the client while they sourced a larger funding pot through the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to fully repair and preserve this unique building in the long term. This paper seeks to explain the thinking behind the steps taken to make the mill building weathertight while preserving and sympathetically altering historic details that give its unique character. It examines the identification and assessment of defects, before considering various options for conservation and repair.

Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Perempuan Dan Anak Di Tinjau Dari Hukum Humaniter Internasional

Introduction: As a result of the prolonged conflict between Israel and Palestine, many children and women who have been affected by this conflict have suffered and even died as a result of this war. This unresolved conflict has resulted in a large number of victims from civil society from year to year and is increasing, especially children. Children who should have the right to grow and develop naturally when the war rages all their rights become victims of war, children's rights to grow up are violated without any mercy towards them, whatever the reason for the conflict, this act is a crime against humanity. and violations of children's rights.Purposes of the Research: This writing aims to analyze and find out the legal arrangements for women and children in armed conflicts in terms of international humanitarian law, to analyze and find out the forms of legal protection for women and children in armed conflicts, and as one of the requirements in completing studies at the University Law Faculty Pattimura.Methods of the Research: Normative research method with the type of research is qualitative analysis. The problem approach used is the statute approach, the conceptual approach and the case approach. The sources of legal materials used are Primary legal materials, Secondary legal materials, and Tertiary legal materials and are used as a technique for collecting legal materials, then processing and analyzing legal materials through methods of interpretation, harmonization, systematic and legal discovery.Results of the Research: The results of the study indicate that the legal arrangements for women and children in armed conflict are reviewed from international humanitarian law, namely Additional Protocol II of 1977 concerning the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts, which in Article 4 stipulates that everyone is not directly involved or is no longer involved. in a non-international armed conflict must be treated humanely and no distinction should be made that is detrimental to them. Provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Article 4 which requires that even in a precarious public situation, fundamental non-derogable rights must still be respected.

"Aprendes a Vivir con las Cosas Nuevas". Vivencias de Familias Náhuatl[1] Migrantes de Guerrero

The internal migration of indigenous families in Mexico is due above all to the precarious economic situation in their places of origin. Such is the case of the families that migrated from San Agustín Oapan, Guerrero to the city of Morelia, where they have formed a civil association, dedicated to the production and sale of crafts. The objective of this text is to describe the main experiences associated with the migration process experienced by the first families that settled in Morelia. To achieve this, qualitative research focused on doubly reflexive ethnography was carried out. Among the main challenges they faced, the following stand out: language, discrimination, food, fear of the unknown; While the resources that allowed them to face such challenges were: communality, their culture and resilient attitude. It is concluded that, despite the difficulties, the quality of life of the families improved and they remain linked to their original people.

Bio-necropolitics as a form of government and the genocide of the Yanomami people

The present research aims, through a correlation of the concepts of biopolitics and necropolitics, developed respectively by Michel Foucault and Achille Mbembe, to discuss, through bibliographical research, the precarious situation in which the Yanomami people find themselves in the face of the invasion of their lands by the illegal mining industry. Therefore, it will be argued that this precarious situation goes beyond mere government neglect or involuntary acts but represents a project of extermination of the Yanomami population, that is, necropolitics. Thus, this research will expound on the concepts of biopolitics and necropolitics, so that the conflict between the Yanomami people and the invasion of illegal mining can be understood not merely as an isolated phenomenon, but rather as part of a comprehensive political project of extermination and systematic violation of human rights.

The Reality of the Management of Spinal Dysraphism in a Country in a Precarious Situation: A Retrospective Study

Background: To report the epidemiological, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of spinal dysraphism, with emphasis on the difficulties encountered during management in Madagascar. Methods: This is a retrospective, descriptive, multicenter study in the 7 neurosurgical centers of Madagascar over 5 years on children operated on for spinal dysraphism. Results: We collected 50 cases over 5 years. The mean age was 16.95 ± 33.94 months. Girls predominated (sex ratio = 0.85). The absence of folic acid supplementation in the mother was found in 62%. In all cases, the diagnosis was made in the postnatal period. Myelomeningocele is the most frequent form. Hydrocephalus was found in 20% of cases, orthopaedic malformation in 20%, and Chiari type II malformation in 2%. The dysraphism was localized at the lumbar level in 50% of cases. A spinal CT scan was performed in 62% of cases and transfontanellar ultrasound in 22% of cases. No magnetic resonance imaging of the brain or spinal cord was performed. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was performed in 8% of cases. Postoperative hydrocephalus was 4%and mortality was 1% due to meningitis. The average follow-up time was 3 months with an extreme of 3 months to 3 years. Conclusion: In spite of the difficulties in the management of these children and the technical platform available in the country, they are operated correctly and the hospital mortality is low.

Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Overseas Filipino Workers and their left-behind families: a scoping review

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are considered bagong bayani, or modern-day heroes, as their remittances have a positive long-term impact on the Philippines economy. The Philippines ranked 10th worldwide in terms of net emigration from 2010 to 2020. The deployment of OFWs declined during the pandemic, and this was estimated to have adverse effects on remittances. As a migrant-sending country, the Philippine government had to deal with the mass of unemployed OFWs stranded in their host countries and organize large-scale repatriation of OFWs. This scoping review aims to assess the existing literature, identify research gaps, and propose future research directions concerning the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on OFWs and their left-behind families. The results indicate that the impact of the pandemic on OFWs was not uniform. It is evident that OFWs in precarious situations beforehand have become even more vulnerable. The loss of their source of income in the host country and the restrictions on international mobility during the pandemic had significant detrimental effects on their wellbeing and their families left behind, regardless of their income level or type of job. Upon returning to their home country, they often experienced anxiety, depression, discrimination, and difficulty in finding a job. Overall, this scoping review highlights the urgent need for greater recognition and protection of OFWs in times of crisis. It is crucial to address the systemic issues that contribute to their vulnerability and to ensure that they receive adequate support and protection in host countries and the Philippines.

Rethinking Part-Time Outsiders’ Risks and Welfare Attitudes

The growth of atypical work has created a divide between insiders, with safe jobs, and outsiders, in fixed-term, part-time, and/or precarious work situations. Due to higher economic risk, outsiders support compensating social policies more than insiders. However, the same consistency has not been found in the attitudes of part-time outsiders. Consequently, this article suggests an expansion from the work-nexus to the care-nexus of welfare when examining these outsiders’ political behavior. Findings from a structural equation framework using Norwegian data (N = 2,254) from 2022 show that part-time outsiders experience higher risk of partner dependency, making them more likely to support optional familialism in family policy. As part-time work is strongly feminized, these findings have important implications for gender equality in the private and public spheres. Additionally, the results call for future research on insider/outsider dynamics to take both the work-nexus and care-nexus of the welfare state into account.

Social media and platform work: Stories, practices, and workers’ organisation

This article introduces the special issue, ‘Social Media and Platform Work: Stories, Practices, and Workers’ Organisation’. In recent years, platform labour studies have increasingly focused on how the growing platformisation of labour has changed work activities, labour processes, work organising, identities, and collectivities. The literature has highlighted the role of media, communication, and social media in platform labour, but more research is needed on these interrelationships. Precisely, the analysis of platform work is necessary due to its complexity and interest in political, economic, social, cultural, and health terms. Throughout the special issue, different contributions are presented that analyse how the emergence of these new jobs brings a set of inequalities that complexify the notion of ‘work’ and dilute workers’ rights, leading to a precarious situation. The use of social media plays a crucial role in the platformisation of labour as it enables the creation of social relationships between workers but also opens the door to communicating, disseminating their work, and even learning informally and about their work. However, the use of social media can also lead to a precarious combination of platform work and content creation – or cultural production. In this regard, it is worth noting to analyse and approach the relationship between platform work and social networks precisely by addressing both perspectives, considering possible vulnerabilities derived from these situations and situations of precariousness.

Experiences of Youth in Transition to Adulthood: the Models Developed in Base of Generation and Gender Survey

Understanding the specificities and patterns of transition to adulthood and timing of young adults' milestones is essential for developing targeted and effective social integration policies that address the needs and vulnerabilities of youth subcategories. The aim of the paper is to develop a typology of transition models within the specific context of Moldova by classifying different pathways that young people follow during the transition into adulthood. This study uses the data from Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) conducted in Moldova in 2020. Pathways are derived from key life events that mark the transition to adulthood, retrospectively observed for young people 25-35 years old (N = 2540). To explore the different patterns of transitions Two-Step Cluster analysis was used. This exploratory model is relevant for creating typologies and processing both continuous and categorical variables. The analysis identifies four main clusters of transition to adulthood, showing variations between them. The “complex transition” cluster describes young people who experience a smoother transition to adulthood, characterized by a higher level of education followed by stable employment opportunities, while demographic events such as marriage and parenthood occur later in this group. The “uncertain transition” cluster reflects a degree of instability and uncertainty in terms of employment, many young people, especially men, are employed temporarily or informally, while women in this cluster are often on maternity or childcare leave without being employed. The “precarious transition” cluster represents inactive young people in the labor market, most of them having a low level of education, contributing to their precarious situation on the labor market. The “early transition” cluster suggests a pattern of early transitions into adulthood, often accompanied by limited educational attainment and early family formation.

War in Europe, but Still Low Tension in the High North? An Analysis of Norwegian Mitigation Strategies

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created the most precarious security situation in Europe, including the High North, since the Second World War. This article studies how Norway manages High North security dilemmas in the context of this ongoing war. Based on security dilemma theory, we direct our attention to a set of mitigation strategies and discuss the effectiveness of these. We build our arguments on Robert Jervis’ article “Cooperation under the Security Dilemma” in World Politics (1978), and his understanding that a security dilemma occurs when an increase in one state’s security leads to other states fearing for their own security, thus creating tension or conflict escalation. To limit such dilemmas, Norway has pursued a policy mix of both deterrence and reassurance measures. Our contribution to the research debate is the term mitigation-strategies, derived from security dilemma theory. First, we discuss people-to-people cooperation and analyse how this is a trust-building measure. Secondly, we explore how Norway approaches confidence and security building measures in the High North. Finally, we discuss the implications of letting the Arctic Council become an arena for security- and defence political coordination. Building upon insights from security dilemma theory, we demonstrate how Norway contributes to maintaining lower levels of tension in the High North.

ARTICULATING TRAUMA IN SHAUN TAN’S THE ARRIVAL

As a “trans” form of literature, according to Knowles, Peacock and Earle, the graphic novel offers a suitable medium for narrating transitional experiences. Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006) demonstrates this by telling a universal yet diverse story of migration and trauma, employing a dreamlike combination of realism and fantasy, and the immediacy of visual expression to represent precarious situations, states and emotions which are almost unrepresentable. A complex dialogue among images and pages, and the slow movement from panel to panel enable the reader to gradually understand the shifts inherent in migrant and traumatic experiences. As words would monopolise attention in Tan’s view and situate the narrative in a particular language, a conspicuous lack of words allows the narrative to communicate across cultures, simultaneously signalling the difficulty of verbally articulating trauma. Relying on studies of the graphic novel and trauma, this paper explores Tan’s narrative strategies for conveying trauma, and portraying migration as a shared and timeless experience. At the same time, the paper examines Tan’s promotion of cross-cultural and cross-species empathy and solidarity, thus avoiding what Stef Craps sees as one of the pitfalls of trauma theory.

Umwana w'umugore: The gendered realities of girls born of conflict-related sexual violence and their mothers in post-genocide Rwanda.

This article explores the challenges, needs and capacities of girls born of conflict-related sexual violence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. Twenty-nine interviews and 11 focus groups were conducted with girls born of genocidal rape, alongside 44 interviews with mothers of children born of genocidal rape. In a society where Umwana w'umugore - being 'the child of a woman' - is considered an insult for children born of rape, gendered realities profoundly shape girls' experiences. Data reveal that girls born of genocidal rape face challenges related to identity and belonging, multiple forms of violence and economic challenges. Moreover, girls sustain the indirect consequences of gender-based injustices committed against their mothers, making stigma and social exclusion shared and intergenerational experiences, alongside mutual care and support. Policy development must take into account the unique needs of girls born of rape, the precarious situation of their mothers and broader gender inequalities.

USING ALTMAN Z-SCORE MODEL OF FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS OF BANKING INDUSTRY IN INDIA BY – A CASE STUDY ON SELECT PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA-AN EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Nearly three quarters of the countrys financial activity is conducted by these nationalised institutions. The government owns the majority of these banks. Since merging with its five affiliate banks (as of 1st April 2017), SBI has grown to become one of the worlds top 50 banks, and it is also the biggest public sector bank in India in terms of volume. The stability of a countrys financial system is essential to its overall economic health. The collapse of multinational financial institutions has the potential to wreak havoc on economies all across the world. A recent example of this infectious impact is the collapse of the Lehman Brothers. As such, assessing the stability of domestic banks finances is of the utmost importance. Financial metrics such as the CAMEL rating, which incorporates capital adequacy ratio, profitability, and liquidity are some of the current tools that could be useful for analysing banks financial situations. When assessing the health or instability of a companys finances, the Altman Z score model is a crucial tool. Unfortunately, scholars did not delve into it much while examining the financial stability of institutions. The current research makes an effort to adapt the Altman model for use in the Indian banking sector based on this reference. The majority of Indian banks financial situations were deemed adequate by the research, with only two outliers. were both discovered to be in a precarious financial situation. But when compared to other banks in their industry, both of these ones had a sufficient capital adequacy ratio. In order to draw any firm-specific conclusions about its viability, the research recommends using a hybrid model. KEYWORDS: Altman Model, Financial Position, Hybrid Model, Public Sector Banks.

The Use of Mother Tongue in Communicating Mathematics: Implication for Teaching and Learning of Mathematics

Mathematics as a school subject is designed to solve the everyday problem created by human activities; these problems are domesticated in the different cultures of man all over the world. However, the performance of students keeps dwindling due to the westernize approach of teaching and learning mathematics. In other to solve this precarious situation this paper advocated the use of mother tongue in the teaching of mathematics. Mother tongue approach here refers to first-language education as a medium of instruction. The use of mother tongue in the teaching and learning of mathematics is meant to address the high functional illiteracy of Nigeria where language plays a significant factor. Using mother tongue to teach the basic concepts of numbers, operations and other concepts of mathematics helps build a strong foundation for the understanding and learning of higher mathematics. This approach is effective not only in getting the interest of students in the lesson but as a springboard in teaching new mathematical concepts, principles and in deepening student understanding on how mathematical operations or processes work. The mother tongue concepts of teaching and learning mathematics in this work shall be based on the following sub-topics: Numeration/Counting System, Basic Arithmetic Operations, Rhymes and Geometric Concepts. The paper completely reduced the Eurocentric mathematics beliefs of students and make them discover how best mathematics can be learning from their mother tongue. The paper recommended amongst others that teachers of mathematics should adopt the use of mother tongue in teaching mathematics in order to improve students understanding of the subject.

Gig workers in precarious life: The trajectory of exploitation, insecurity, and resistance

AbstractThe growing informal nature of employment in the gig economy does not only merely provide employment for many but also causes exploitation, insecurity, and exclusion from social security because of its informal status. Workers in gig work often go through long working hours, low wages, fear of losing their job, and insecurity which result in their precarious life condition. They experience vulnerabilities related to their employment, residency status, and unfamiliarity with local frameworks—labor law, health, and safety hazards at work which certainly highlights precarious life situations. Besides precarity, gig workers from poor socio‐economic backgrounds often experience discrimination and exclusion because of their social positioning in society. Therefore, the article tries to unfold their experiences of exploitation and insecurity, struggles, and challenges. Further, the article also examines the contemporary agitation and resistance of gig workers against the exploitative policies of aggregators and state measures to address the problem of gig workers in India.

Identification of influential weather parameters and seasonal drought prediction in Bangladesh using machine learning algorithm

Droughts pose a severe environmental risk in countries that rely heavily on agriculture, resulting in heightened levels of concern regarding food security and livelihood enhancement. Bangladesh is highly susceptible to environmental hazards, with droughts further exacerbating the precarious situation for its 170 million inhabitants. Therefore, we are endeavouring to highlight the identification of the relative importance of climatic attributes and the estimation of the seasonal intensity and frequency of droughts in Bangladesh. With a period of forty years (1981–2020) of weather data, sophisticated machine learning (ML) methods were employed to classify 35 agroclimatic regions into dry or wet conditions using nine weather parameters, as determined by the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). Out of 24 ML algorithms, the four best ML methods, ranger, bagEarth, support vector machine, and random forest (RF) have been identified for the prediction of multi-scale drought indices. The RF classifier and the Boruta algorithms shows that water balance, precipitation, maximum and minimum temperature have a higher influence on drought intensity and occurrence across Bangladesh. The trend of spatio-temporal analysis indicates, drought intensity has decreased over time, but return time has increased. There was significant variation in changing the spatial nature of drought intensity. Spatially, the drought intensity shifted from the northern to central and southern zones of Bangladesh, which had an adverse impact on crop production and the livelihood of rural and urban households. So, this precise study has important implications for the understanding of drought prediction and how to best mitigate its impacts. Additionally, the study emphasizes the need for better collaboration between relevant stakeholders, such as policymakers, researchers, communities, and local actors, to develop effective adaptation strategies and increase monitoring of weather conditions for the meticulous management of droughts in Bangladesh.

Precarious Patriarchs in Toni Morrison’s Paradise: A Butlerian Study

ABSTRACT The present article aims to explore the Butlerian notion of precarity in Morrison’s Paradise in an attempt to realize if and in what ways Butler’s conception of the term can be read into the novel. It attempts to discover what makes the male characters of the novel feel precarious and how they react to their alleged precarity. The central questions of the present research are: How does masculinity contribute to the feeling of precarity among men in an all-black community? And how do the precarious patriarchs respond to their sense of precarity? To answer these questions, the present study bases its arguments on Butler’s conception of precarity and precariousness and focuses on such key terms as patriarchy, tradition, self/other dichotomy, and domination. The article reveals that male chauvinism, exercised and monitored by Ruby men, put the Convent women in a precarious situation as they are constantly vilified and demonized and treated as temptresses and eccentrics. However, gender-induced precarity also affects the patriarchs; they feel precarious because they cannot dominate the Convent women or prevent the rebellion or self-reliance of the feminine other.

The Transnistria Problem and the Crisis in Ukraine: Analysis from the Perspective of the Security Dilemma Argument

Transnistria, an unrecognized state within the borders of the Republic of Moldova, has been in a precarious situation following the Ukrainian crisis, characterized by the annexation of Crimea by the Russia Federation and the internal conflict in eastern Ukraine. This has resulted in Ukraine and Moldova adopting stringent policies against Transnistria, thereby intensifying its already challenging situation. The main concern derives from the fear that Russia might use Transnistria as a base for launching future “hybrid warfare” against Moldova and Ukraine. Thus, it can be said that the current challenging situation in Transnistria is linked to the overall Ukrainian crisis and is a consequence of security concerns shared by Ukraine and Moldova. In addition, the new situation after the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine complicated conditions in Transnistria. Now, the Moldovan government has an opportunity to reintegrate Transnistria, independent of any issues related to the EU membership issue. On the other hand, Russia’s basic policy toward Transnistria has not changed, although Transnistria has requested annexation by Russia many times, so the status quo seems to continue. This composition has continued in the former USSR space because Russia has been using unrecognized states to maintain its “sphere of interest.” This situation can be explained by the “security dilemma” argument.

Restrictive practices in community services for people with intellectual disabilities at risk of behaviours that challenge: insights and omissions of the Disability Royal Commission

People with intellectual disabilities commonly experience violent, abusive, and restrictive contexts, particularly those who are at risk of behaviours that challenge, behaviours that often are a sign of trauma, fear, pain, and loss of power. For example, the use of physical restraint and psychotropic medication to manage behaviours labelled as challenging is prevalent in services for people with intellectual disabilities, and has a negative impact on their wellbeing and quality of life. The Australian Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has recommended a reduction in the use of restrictive practices, and that they only be used as a last resort. However, there is a risk that a narrow focus on behaviours labelled as challenging and their management through legislation, procedures, and authorisation by writing behavioural support plans fails to properly address the concerns of people with intellectual disabilities at risk of behaviours that challenge. There might not be enough incentive for the system-wide change required to properly meet the needs of this specific group. The closure of group homes, as recommended by the Commission, is appealing, given that abusive and restrictive practices are repeatedly uncovered in these settings. However, this might add to the precarious situation unless significant social change is made. Instead, perhaps more feasible, a plan to enable group homes become truly a home, safe and with highly skilled support available, should be developed. A framework based on the concept of capable environments might aid in this endeavour.

Mind-walking through Instagram: extracting the essences of Jakarta’s street vending

Despite its economic and social significance, street vending is still seen as a culturally backwards and faulty development unbecoming for Jakarta. This has led to the development of urban strategies that attempt to eliminate its presence from the city’s streets. In response to the issue, through this paper, I posit street vending as a form of interior urbanism; a creative micro-scale intervention born from precarious situations that temporarily transform the street into a habitable space. And thus, its assimilation into the city’s formal urban framework is integral in creating a more liveable and socially equitable urban environment. Hence, a thorough understanding of street vending spatial practices is needed. To compensate for a severe lack of official data and direct access to the field, this paper proposed using mind-walking to reveal the ingredients of Jakarta’s street vending interior urbanism through Instagram. Inductive coding and drawing, interpretative tools that are less intrusive, are utilised within the analytical process to provide a comprehensive reading and extract the necessary components from the Instagram datasets of three different areas in Jakarta. This experiment successfully recognises crucial ingredients that characterise Jakarta’s street vending activities, including six types of street vending practice; the typology of interior urbanism. Despite its inherent downside of only covering the spatial features and yet touching on the socio-political aspects, mind-walking can establish and set out the ingredients that make up the social phenomenon, bringing the research a step forward to formulating a comprehensive and Jakarta-centric urban street framework.