Women Security Research Articles

The Effect of Job Insecurity on Women’s Mental Health

Job insecurity on women’s mental health is a growing concern in these days in labour market, where economic instability. Women often experience heightened jobs insecurity due to factors like gender discrimination, caregiving responsibilities and the prevalence of part time or temporary positions. This insecurity can lead to significant psychological distress, manifesting as anxiety, depression and diminished self- esteem. The objective is to examine how job insecurity influences mental health outcomes in women, to identify the specific factors contributing to job insecurity for women. The study is based on secondary data such as books, journals, newspaper, government reports and internet etc. The main finding of the study is to increase psychological distress, organizational role to support for reduce negativity, stress and insecurity in women workplace and enhance their capability in workplace. The study suggests that increased job securities, fair wages and transparent communication regarding job expectations and security. The government should take steps for them maintain mantle health, supporting program, including counseling services and stress management workshops. They should equal rights to women in workplace to maintain women’s mental health.

Social policy in a political vacuum: Women's experiences of hunger during the Cost‐of‐Living Crisis in Northern Ireland

AbstractBetween 2022 and 2024, there was no devolved government functioning in Northern Ireland. This protracted absence of government occurred in the aftermath of the Covid‐19 pandemic and during what is arguably the worst economic crisis of recent years. Women are more vulnerable to hardship during economic crisis and thus it is unsurprising that the Cost‐of‐Living Crisis is hitting women hardest. This paper examines increasing food insecurity for women in Northern Ireland and the implications for the realisation of their human right to an adequate standard of living. The UK Government has ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which provides a legal duty to ensure that everyone has adequate access to food. However, increasing numbers of food banks and ill health related to insufficient food intake indicates that there is a fundamental problem. This article draws on 20 focus groups with 250 women on a low‐income to explore their experiences of the Cost‐of‐Living Crisis in Northern Ireland. The research found that women routinely skipped meals; described feelings of shame and guilt associated with struggling to feed their children; and discussed difficulties associated with purchasing food. Much of the pain associated with the hunger experienced by these women and children is hidden within the private sphere of the home. This article intends to shine a light on women's experiences and will reflect on the necessary policy change required to ensure compliance with international human rights obligations.

Analysis of Women Safety in Indian Cities Using Machine Learning

Abstract: In later times, ladies have been confronting an disturbing rise in viciousness, counting badgering, totally different cities. This frequently starts with stalking and can raise into injurious ambush. In this dialog, we are centering with in the area of social mediastages like Twitters, FB, and Insta at advancing the security of ladies in India. These stages give a chance at raise mindfulness and teachindividuals approximately taking unequivocal activities against damaging behavior. By utilizing hashtags and spreading messages all inclusive, ladies are enabled to openly express their conclusions and feelings. This empowers us to pick up experiences into their state ofintellect while ladies out for working or travel, utilizing open transportation, or within the nearness of new people. It makes a difference us decide whether they feel secure or not in these circumstances.These times, badgering and other shapes of savagery against ladies are common in numerous cities! Stalking is the primary step towards injurious badgering, which is now and then alluded to as manhandle attack? With specific reference to the utilization of various social media stages, counting Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, our essential center in this consider at with in the task with social media in advancing women's security in India. This exposition moreover emphasizes the require for common individuals to assume more duty in several Indian city neighborhoods in arrange to ensure the security of ladies in their quick region. Inside the Twitter app, a tweet comprises content messages, photographs, recordings, sound records, emoticons, and hashtags! These regions, require more consideration in regards with women's security, and communalengagement is crucial for improvement.

The socio-economic impacts of artisanal mining on ordinary villagers in Insiza District, Zimbabwe

This study sought to understand how ordinary villagers in the artisanal mining areas of Insiza District, where Emthonjeni Women's Forum implemented a program titled ‘Women as strategic partners in peacebuilding’, are affected by the violence and conflicts emanating from the illegal and artisanal mining in the proximities of their villages. The project sought to strengthen resilience, social cohesion and women's security in socio economic and political conflict as well as strengthening knowledge of local women and traditional leaders on the referral pathways of addressing GBV, including the strengthening of stakeholder coordination in conflict mitigation, transformation and resolution. While men, boys, girls and women all experience violence in varying degrees, it was found that women feel the effects of violence and conflict the most as they experience it as direct victims, and vicariously when their husbands or sons participate in violent activities. This is because they bring their troubles home to the wives or mothers who often have to address the problems or live with the consequences of the men's actions. Gender is often one of the key determinants of what social spaces and opportunities might be available or not available to society or family. Therefore, people's vulnerability is shaped by their gender although other factors may also contribute to it. Most societies are constructed in such a way that women and children have the least power and natural rights and are therefore regarded as weak and powerless. They are especially vulnerable to violence as they are often unable to defend themselves or outrun perpetrators of violence. Lawlessness and violence in wards one and two of Insiza District, as in most parts of the country, are driven mostly by groups of armed young men—often ‘outsiders’, those who are not ordinarily residents of the two wards or from Insiza in general, who appear to act with impunity.

Effects of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons on Women Security in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon.

Effects of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons on Women Security in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon.

Effectiveness of India's Cybercrime Investigation and Prosecution Framework in Dealing with Cyber Crimes

Cybercrime primarily consists of actions that use the internet and computers as tools to obtain private information about a person, either directly or indirectly, and to disclose that information on online platforms without that person's consent or in violation of the law with the intention of damaging that person's reputation or causing them mental or physical harm. "Nowadays, a guy may complete all of his needs online, including his educational needs, employment needs, shopping needs, and money needs. A variety of cybercrimes have evolved with the expansion of the internet. This is mostly due to the fact that more than half of internet users have just a basic understanding of how online platforms operate, are uninformed of technical changes, and lack proper training and education. India is one of the few nations that has passed the IT Act 2000 to address issues relating to cybercrimes in order to protect its citizens from being exploited by vicious predators, but this act ignores some of the most serious threats to women's security, and issues involving women are still expanding significantly.

SOS Device for Women Safety

Women security is need of the hour now-a-days. In India, there are many cases of women harassment and molestation. Safety of women matters let be whether at home, outdoor or it be their work place. The literature surveyed shows that there are many mobile applications that are used for women safety purpose. One recent research study shows that there is a footwear chip which is sticked to the footwear that gets activated when the person taps one leg behind the other 4 times. We focus on developing a prototype that is a smart sos device which gets activated by pressing the button either once or twice. The GPS location is sent to the ICE contacts as soon as the device is turned on. The victim's current location is sent to the ICE contacts. Double press activates device turning on, a Piezo buzzer siren will go out. The buzzer's volume ranges from 80 to 110 dB, and it may be heard 50 feet away. Until the device is turned off it will send the location on the interval of 5 mins and will keep on beeping continuously.

Alat Make Up Sebagai Objek Dalam Karya Seni Lukis

The purpose of this work is to convey a message by visualizing negative behavior in the form of women's insecurity with the object of make-up tools that are metaphorized in contemporary painting. The method of creating works using an art consortium through five stages, namely, the preparation stage (observation and exploration), the elaboration stage (searching and collecting references), the synthesis stage (application of main ideas), the realization of concepts (making works), and the completion stage (artist report and final work exhibition). So that the realization of ten works that the author made with the theme of feelings of insecurity, the resulting works are 9 works with a size of 120x100 cm and 1 work with a size of 150x100 cm, with the titles lipatan, keinginan, paksaan, apakah aku sudah berbeda?, logika, kenyataan, pengangggu, penyamaran, mencoba, dan obsesi.

‘Where there is fish, is where I put my head’: Challenges of mobile fishers in Elmina fishing community in Ghana

Small‐scale fisheries are crucial for improving livelihoods by providing fisher employment, and food security. As part of their work, fishers frequently move to different fishing communities to catch and trade in fish. This paper analyses the living circumstances of artisanal fishers and discusses their mobility patterns, lodging arrangements, and the difficulties they encounter as they carry out their work. This paper is based on a study that involved 385 artisanal fishers in the fishing community of Elmina in the Komenda Edina Equafo Abirem (KEEA) Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. The results show that there are not many suitable places to stay for fishers when they travel from home to other fishing locations, and the few places that do offer affordable lodging also lack toilets, bathrooms and drinkable water. The paper also reflects on the gendered dynamics of these and related issues of insecurity for women in this case study. District authorities whose economies are heavily dependent on fishing ought to collaborate with private housing developers and the state to build affordable lodging facilities with standard household amenities like water, toilets and baths in fishing destinations to address the housing issues faced by fishers while travelling.

One Step Forward, One Step Back: The Micro-Level Impacts of Conflict on Women's Security

AbstractDespite conflict's violent and deleterious impacts, scholarship increasingly demonstrates that women's political rights at the macro-level increase after conflict. However, relatively less is understood about how conflict impacts women's security at the micro-level, especially regarding how it impacts men's and women's attitudes toward intimate partner violence. While conflict can challenge traditional gender roles that justify wife beating, it also promotes hypermasculinity, normalizes violence, and leads to backlash against women in an attempt to re-establish traditional gender hierarchies. International actors, particularly through aid, moderate the impact of conflict on attitudes toward wife beating by encouraging progressive gender roles and increasing socio-economic development. Using Demographic Health Survey data in Uganda, this analysis compares the influence of conflict and international aid at the microlevel on approval of wife beating. The results demonstrate that women exposed to both conflict and aid are relatively less likely to approve of wife beating relative to women exposed to conflict alone. In contrast, men exposed to violence and aid do not alter their justification of wife beating. This study clarifies how conflict impacts attitudes toward women's rights at the microlevel.

Osvetnička pornografija - kriminološki i krivičnopravni aspekt

The propensity to violence is inherent in every society. The development and growing use of modern technologies has lately provided another instrument for victimization of women on an unprecedented scale. This instrument is reflected in the emergence of deepfake and revenge porn as new forms of violence against women. The subject matter of analysis in this paper is revenge pornography, which will be observed from the criminological and criminal law perspectives. In the first part of the paper, after presenting the definition of the concept of revenge pornography, the author elaborates on the key characteristics of revenge pornography as an instrument for the victimization of women. The second part of the paper provides an overview of the normative solutions on this subject matter in certain countries. Given the fact that revenge pornography has been the subject matter of analysis of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the author analyzes the ECtHR case law on this issue. In the next part, the author presents the normative framework on this issue in the Republic of Serbia, viewed through the prism of revenge pornography. The final part of the paper focuses on the fight against revenge pornography, with the aim of providing adequate protection to female victims of this criminal offence. It is the only way to increase women's security and confidence that state bodies will provide adequate protection against the misuse of modern technologies.

From Violent Victims to Emancipatory Agency of Peace: Exploring Female Jirga as Local Gendered Peace Formation and Community Peacebuilding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

For years, the insecurity and violence against women in many parts of Pakistan have magnified the danger of the prevalent worldview of strong and protective men. In contrast, women are weak and protected by men. Inevitable victimisation and powerless women are counterproductive since women are central to the community's household institution. This paper explores local community peacebuilding initiatives of women's first Jirga by a local activist Tabassum Adnan in Pakistan's Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Exploring women's Jirga as an agency of regional and gendered peace formation in a salient patriarchal Pakhtun worldview underscores women's security and gendered Peace perspective in recognising the need to consider the missing systemic and unpeaceful change and transformation in contemporary Pakistan and South Asia. Adopting qualitative methods of Feminist Peace research unravels the potential and pitfalls of how women can embark upon alternative dispute resolutions (ADR) when patriarchal conceptualisations of conflict resolution prevent their active participation. Findings show multidimensional links between local community peace and global systemic and peaceful transformation of international relations (IR). Recognising the transformative roles of women in overcoming GBV is a critical transnational shift from the past and minimal human rights protection of women to the present and maximal recognition of women as emancipatory agents of peace.

الدور التنموي للمرأة في ظل التحديات الأمنية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية: العراق بعد عام 2003 انموذجا

The study aims to clarify the Iraqi women's rights after the American occupation of Iraq in 2003 in light of the multiple challenges she faced. The study hypothesized the women's security social and economic challenges affect, negatively on the developmental role for a woman in the Iraqi society. The significance of the study lies in the fact that women's rights are part of human rights and that the analysis of the various challenges faced by the Iraqi women after 2003 and limiting them benefit the development of society. The study reached several results and suggestion; the social, economic, and security conditions that Iraqi society had experienced have a clear impact on determining the type of participation that Iraqi women perform in various areas of development.

Effects of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons on Women Security in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon

The purpose of this study was to look into the effects of small arms and light weapons proliferation on women's security in Cameroon's Adamawa region. The study used a mixed-method approach and a descriptive research design. The total population of target population was 290,000 people. The sample size was 400 people. Because Ngaoundere is densely populated, simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used. A questionnaire and key informant interviews were used to collect data, which included both qualitative and quantitative information. The collected data was keyed and analyzed with the most recent version of SPSS. According to the findings, the population of Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon is diverse, with nationals primarily from the country's far north, but also from the country's North West and South West regions. Several expatriates, mostly humanitarian workers and refugees, live in the area of study. Aggression with SALW has increased in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region, Cameroon, over the last decade. The majority of victims of aggression caused by the use of SALW are women, making them more vulnerable to threats using small arms and light weapons. The study recommends that a national commission on small arms and light weapons be established. The study also recommends that more women be encouraged to participate in discussions about security and disarmament. Keywords: Small Arms, Light Weapons, Women Security, Adamawa region, Cameroon

IOT based Social Safety Android Application using Geolocation for Real Time Tracing

Abstract: Women's security is a critical issue in today's world, and it is very crucial for every individual to be acting over such a problem. But this problem is not only limited to women but also to other citizens like old people and children. Today most of the old people and children are victim of illness and child abuse. Crime against senior citizens in the New Delhi city rose by 22% in 2021 compared to 2020 as published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). According to NCRB crime against children in 2019 recorded were 1,48,185 cases, which means an average of 400 crimes were committed every day in the country. These society problems led the motivation for development of a social safety application.

Every Ride Matters: Women Commuters ' Experiences

The issue of women's security in public transportation becomes even more critical because it requires public transport to meet their mobility needs. Women's safety is becoming a priority for the government authorities to take action. The current study investigated the personal security of woman commuters in public transport in the province of Palawan, Philippines. It utilized a fieldwork approach using interviews and participant observation among fifteen (15) woman commuters from three municipalities within a three-month period. The findings concluded that the travel setting of woman commuters, such as the type of public transport, frequency of travel, travel time, duration, and reasons for travel has influenced their experiences in their access to and waiting in terminal, fear, and experience of harassment, violence, and accident, that disturbs their security in public transport. It was recommended that authorities shall enact policies to enforce public safety and address women’s travel needs in order to bridge the mobility gap in gender inclusivity. Public transportation operators shall be required to have to advertise and enforce public safety measures.

Rewriting Women: A Critique of Misogyny, Structure and Agency in the Novels of K. R. Meera- A Review

Purpose: The purpose of this review paper is to highlight the fact that lack of state support creates violence and injustice. Women, as a minority, and as a gender, need to be recognized, and protected. The age-old notion of patriarchy still has its roots running through the lives of our society. Equality if not given, is exercised and asserted by K. R. Meera’s characters. Transgression occurs when limits are drawn and tightened. The State has its responsibilities toward its subjects irrespective of their gender. If violated, they should be enforced by appropriate judicial measures. This paper establishes that the only way to assure social justice for women, the paper establishes. Design: Based on the secondary sources, a method has been designed to reveal the very basic human tendency to ask for what is allowed to every other sect. Society might have drawn boundaries, which if transgressed would invite punishment. Rejection of emotional acceptance is considered to be against human rights. For a human, irrespective of gender, there’s no necessity to surrender his/her individual freedom and happiness. The happiness of a woman need not be sacrificed just for the sake of her family. This research largely depends on the findings from research journals from Google Scholar, ResearchGate, SSRN, Elsevier, Academia, and Shodhganga for identifying the research gap. To highlight the key aspects of the research, ABCD analysis is used. The interviews and social posts of the author also give much insight into the different aspects of the research question. The literary compositions of the author are the major source of research. Findings: The main finding of the research is that the law of the country and its administration support the privileged, all-powerful patriarchy. The finding also includes a discussion about the insecurity of women under such a system and how it becomes one of the reasons for the chaos that goes on within the country. Transgression is one of the powerful methods adopted under such situations by the women of K. R. Meera’s novels, a reflection of what we get to see around, especially through social media and this is where the research paper stands out in its finding. The research paper explores the nature of a self-subsistent, self-reliant woman in the making of powerless patriarchy. Originality: This research is unique as full-fledged research on the author’s works is yet to be done. It doesn’t further discuss the proven elements that are found in the research journals published. Most of them explore the hindrances patriarchy creates in framing the identity of women, mainly in the light of a single text of the author. But they never discuss how women use violence as a means to secure themselves from the all-powerful people protected by the system. The concept of justice and its failure to protect women of the country is never mentioned or studied in the papers already published or researched based on the author’s novels. Thus, the research is original in its area and findings. Paper Type: Review Paper

STANDPOINTS OF GRASSROOTS WOMEN ON DEVELOPMENT: LEADERSHIP BEYOND THE STATE

The development perspective is associated with women's security, their participation in programme implementation, and clear roles and responsibilities. Studies have revealed that programmes that build women's skills are immediate development factors. Development is also about upliftment, which offers justice and equality in society. It means improving all forms, including health, education, gainful employment, and infrastructure. The study describes the views of some grassroots women leaders that they put forward, including adequate communication, women's literacy, women's empowerment on social platforms, elimination of gender gaps, and the recognition of women as active social workers and volunteers. Development is the improvement of physical structures and facilities that involves improving knowledge and motivating people to contribute to the cause of the improvement of society. There are women in positions of authority, but few are involved in implementing programmes. Participation at all the stages of the programme for women leaders is vital to understand and deal with the developmental issues within the stipulated time frame and for the effective functioning and implementation of schemes at the village levels. Hence, the inclusion of women in programme delivery is one of the critical perspectives of development. Thus, the explorative study outlines the viewpoints of grassroots women leaders regarding how women perceive development, their awareness of different schemes and programs, their participation, and the factors contributing to their involvement. Finally, the finding proposes some glimmers for strengthening women's leadership and development from the standpoint of female leaders. For this study, the authors relied on fieldwork and applied In-depth Interactions (IDIs) and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) to gather primary data. Simultaneously, secondary information has been collected from various sources and pieces of literature.

Women Safety - Safest Route Using Machine Learning

Victimization of sensible phones has increased in today's world, and thus sensible phones can be used quickly for private security. A number of new apps have been developed to provide girls with a security system via their phones. According to World Health Organization NCRB Social Government Organization reports, one-third of all girls worldwide are subjected to dishounarable physical harassment in public places such as railways, buses, and on roads. We've analyzed various existing systems on women's security in this paper. We've seen a decline in the demand for advanced girls security systems to ensure their safety in public places as well as when travelling alone on public transportation such as college buses, company vehicles, and so on. This paper proposed a completely new model for women’s security publicly places.

WOMEN SAFETY TOOL

Women’s security is a critical issue in today’s world and it’s very much needed for every individual to be acting over such an issue. This study describes a GPS-based "Women Safety System" that combines a GPS device with other safety features and provides alerts and messages with an emergency button trigger whenever someone is in difficulty. They might not have so much time, all that they have to do is generate a distress emergency signal by pressing the button. Our system offers a practical and cost-effective option for detecting problems. Now days due to recently happened case such as rape by drivers or colleges, burglary etc., Women's security, particularly women's security, has risen to the top of the world's priority list. System uses Global Positioning System(GPS) technology to find out the location of the women .The information of women position provided by the device can be viewed on Google maps using Internet or specified software .The companies are looking forward to the security problem and requires a system that will efficiently evaluate the problem of women security working in night shifts , traveling alone .We focus on the proposed model that can be used to deal with the problem of security issue of women using GPS base tracking system