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National ST Commission Member Inspects JWU Hostel

Dr. Asha Lakra visits CV Raman Hostel, praises facilities and university achievements Dr. Asha Lakra, Member of the National Scheduled Tribes Commission, conducted an inspection of the CV Raman Hostel at Jamshedpur Women’s University. JAMSHEDPUR – Dr. Asha Lakra and her team from the National Scheduled Tribes Commission visited Jamshedpur Women’s University to inspect the CV Raman Hostel…

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డ్వాక్రా సంఘాల మహిళలను మోసం చేసిన ఘనత చంద్రబాబుది -డిప్యూటీ సీఎం

డ్వాక్రా సంఘాల మహిళలను మోసం చేసిన ఘనత చంద్రబాబుది -డిప్యూటీ సీఎం

‘గడప గడపకూ మన ప్రభుత్వం’తో సమస్యలన్నీ పరిష్కరిస్తున్నాం అసెంబ్లీలో డిప్యూటీ సీఎం, పంచాయతీ రాజ్‌ శాఖ మంత్రి బూడి ముత్యాల నాయుడు అమరావతి: డ్వాక్రా సంఘాల మహిళలను మోసం చేసిన ఘనత చంద్రబాబుదేనని డిప్యూటీ సీఎం, పంచాయతీ రాజ్‌ శాఖ మంత్రి బూడి ముత్యాలనాయుడు అన్నారు. రుణాలన్నీ మాఫీ చేస్తానని ఓట్లు వేయించుకొని ఏరుదాటిన తరువాత తెప్ప తగలేసిన చందంగా అక్కచెల్లెమ్మలను చంద్రబాబు మోసం చేశాడని మండిపడ్డారు.…

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Last Saturday night I was at a David Duchovny concert in Vancouver.  The concert venue was at the Imperial - a great venue- but in a neighborhood that the Urban Dictionary says is the worst neighborhood in all of Canada and some homeless advocacy groups argue  is the poorest neighborhood in all of North America.  Many of us at the concert had traveled to Vancouver from across the globe and there was some fear and trepidation which I over heard from other concert goers about this neighborhood. I had worked as a homeless advocate and have been on the board of a homeless shelter in the 90′s in Albuquerque.  I want to share my viewpoints of my experience in the worst neighborhood in Canada from an X-File frame of view because what brought me to Vancouver on October 14 was, of course, to see David Duchovny in Vancouver where the X-files was and is being filmed during a week-end which included 1013 Friday.  How does homelessness and the X-file find a theme together?  That is outlined in the link to the video above.  

I guess one way to set the mood is to say that my friend and I were only spending a week-end in Vancouver, but many other David Duchovny fans had been in Vancouver a week and had been to many famous filming sites.  My friend and I were staying at a Ramada fairly near the venue.  We drove through the area at first looking for parking before deciding that the valet parking at the Ramada was the best choice.  As we drove by I said- looking at the homeless and the city streets and remembering the video above- “oh, my God, this is the neighborhood they shot “Home Again” in.”  I realize, of course, the complete insensitivity to the plight of homelessness to see it in such focused X-file terms, but it was my frame of mind at the time.  My friend and I did in fact look for the filming sites of “Home Again” as we walked around the neighborhood, but because it is from the last season which we have not yet seen hundreds of times (only dozens) we were unable to locate exact locations.  We did watch the episode again back in Seattle the night before I flew home.  

On Saturday morning we decided to walk to the Ovaltine Restaurant (the filming location of a scene in Jose Chung) and to go by the venue.  We found ourselves walking down what I now realize is the area considered the worst two blocks in at least Canada and possibly North America.  The poverty was clear- people living in tents on the street a few blocks away from some fine, upscale and beautiful neighborhoods.  We then went to the Ovaltine Restaurant, the venue, back to the hotel for an hour of two, back to the venue to stand in line (starting at noon), walked back through the neighborhood to gastown for a bite to eat and back to the venue to stand in line again, before taking a cab back to the hotel after the concert.  

I want to state fairly clearly that there was not one time I felt scared or fearful (although I would not walk back to the hotel in the evening because I am not foolish) and the only time I was asked for money was after leaving the venue after the concert.  As we walked down the blocks at 9 a.m on a Saturday morning, we were greeted with “Good morning Ladies” and comments that our coffee cups were pink.  When our way was blocked and I said “excuse me” people moved out of the way politely.  There was nothing unpleasant about that walk except for being confronted with the fact that poverty exists and people (human beings) live in horrific conditions day in and day out.  

As we stood in line for 6 hours to see a concert, there was an need on an occasion to use a restroom.  The coffee shop sometimes let you and sometimes said that it was just for customers so my friend and I started using the community center on the corner which was truly more of a homeless center.  Again, I was greeted, offered water and shown the restroom.  My friend found blood in one of the restrooms so we climbed the stairs to use one on the other floor.  There were food being served, there were disposable containers for needles, there were signs telling people where to go if they were overdosing.  People were being afforded respect and dignity.  I was impressed.  

Here are some statistics from “Addressing Homelessness in Metro Vancouver” a white paper published in February 2017.  

An estimated 80% of homeless people suffer a chronic health issue (45% suffer two or more health conditions concurrently)15 b. 44% of sheltered and 55% of unsheltered homeless have an addiction (2014)16 c. 33% of sheltered and 36% of unsheltered homeless suffer mental illness (2014)10 d. 30% of sheltered and 27% of unsheltered homeless have a physical disability (2014)1

As we stood in line several neighborhood people talked to us.  We actually had sandwiches we did not want to eat, but couldn’t find any person that wanted the sandwiches.  Again most neighborhood people were polite, courteous and curious about why so many of us were waiting in line in front of a concert venue 6 hours before the doors opened.  I laughed on and off for hours at a woman who said “what are you protesting?”  I told my friend that we were the laziest protesters ever - no signs, no marching, no chanting- worst protest ever.  At one point a women who appeared to be suffering from withdrawal of some time fell.  Other people in line offered her assistance but she could not focus on them enough to accept their help.  She was in her own world.  After a few minutes when I witnessed her getting her shaking under control and her checking her legs to see if she was hurt, i went up to her.  From her perspective I was a big brown blob walking up to her and I startled her.  I told her that when she was ready I was willing to help and she desperately reached for my hands.  I helped her up and she grasped a tree until she was ready to stand and walk on her own.  I offered her food.  She did not want it.  She never asked for money.  Never threatened me.  

The next morning I woke up thinking of that episode “Home again” and the point of the episode.  I wondered how many of us X-Files fans might have thought back to that episode that night having experienced these and other moments.  The point - people are not trash.  They are not disposable.  They are not to be discarded.  I can walk away from that neighborhood and I can avoid the similar downtown areas in Albuquerque, but the people and the problem still exist.  From my experience in Albuquerque I know the underlying issues of homelessness - mental health issues, substance abuse, traumatic brain injuries, lack of literacy, lack of job skills, disenfranchisement from society, family and friends having giving up on them.  I know that veterans make up a large percentage of our homeless population in America, I know that senior citizen homeless numbers rose drastically in 2008 and subsequent years when retirement savings were loss and, like Vancouver, native people are a higher percentage in the homeless population than in the general population.  We can look to our educational systems, our prisons systems, our health care services (especially for the mentally ill), our foster care systems and juvenile care systems and to our economy.  The reality is a whole lot of us who go through our lives as hard working, normal citizens are closer to homelessness than we would like to admit.  In the past year I had to borrow money from friends and move into a friends home because of unemployment and I actually consider myself a fairly successful human.  We are all just humans doing the best we can in our life with what we have.  Nothing could remind us more of that than having spent so much time in that area around people who despite their issues were polite and courteous to us. 

I know our fan groups are a socially conscious and caring group of people who donate to all kinds of causes - let David Duchovny issue a post asking people to donate to charities on his birthday and beautiful things happen.  The proceeds from this concert went to hurricane victim.  This is a fan group which organizes volunteer and donation events for charities in honor of Gillian Anderson’s and Scully’s birthday.  The holiday season is ahead of us .  I am especially asking something of every one who attended that concert and interacted that night with a person who lives on the street in the worst neighborhood of North America.  If you fall into this category, than this holiday season in honor of “Home Again” and the X-files they do something in your communities to alleviate the effects of homelessness, reduce the possibility of someone becoming homeless or end some of the underlying causes of homelessness - take blankets or socks to a shelter, donate to a literacy program, call your legislators and demand better services for addiction treatment.   Buy subways cards and pass them out whenever you see someone with a sign saying hungry.  

At the very least, the next time you are in a situation where you are going to interact with homeless individuals (perhaps because of a David Duchovny concert), please treat people with respect and kindness.  People are not trash.  They are not disposable.  I was reminded of this last Saturday.  

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#BlackArticle - Erika H. James To Become Wharton School’s First Black Woman Dean

#BlackArticle – Erika H. James To Become Wharton School’s First Black Woman Dean

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Black women are making historic moves in academia. According to the Huffington Post, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has named Erika H. James as its dean, making her the first African American and woman to sit at the helm of the prominent business school.

Erika James was named as the new dean at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. She’ll be…

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No Wonder We're All Pissed Off!

No Wonder We’re All Pissed Off!

In a recent training class, the facilitator, a college professor, said that in today’s world you have to have credentials- letters after your name- to get ahead.

At the same time state and federal governments are cutting money spent on education, particularly higher education, making tuition horribly expensive and a massive debt load guaranteed.

This is just one of the ironies of living in…

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The role of fathers in fighting patriarchy | Ayesha Siddique Khan | TEDxGoodenoughCollege

Ayesha Siddique Khan speaks about the triple life she has lived, as a woman living in a rural village, as a practicing lawyer in Islamabad, and as a student in the West.

A lawyer by profession, Ayesha grew up in rural Pakistan and is currently studying international politics at SOAS, University of London as a Chevening scholar.

Learn more about Ayesha Siddique Khan at http://www.tedxgoodenoughcol…

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BARC Director Delivers Enlightening Lecture at Jamshedpur Women's University

Dr. D. Aswal dispels radiation myths, highlights nuclear energy benefits Jamshedpur Women’s University hosted an informative lecture by BARC’s Health Safety and Environment Group Director. JAMSHEDPUR – Dr. D. Aswal from Bhabha Atomic Research Center delivered a lecture at Jamshedpur Women’s University, addressing misconceptions about radiation and nuclear energy. The event was welcomed by…

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Trump's first week in office

Trump’s first week in office

Introduction

  It’s been quite the week.  Many of us are very tired as our social media feeds have been nearly nothing but politics.  The negativity has been everywhere.  This project may be more difficult than anticipated, but it makes it all the more important. I also want to make it known that I am presenting this information as unbiased as I can.

A few non-political good things:

The Oscar…

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The Rape Culture: What exactly is going on in our universities and colleges?

There's a rape culture in our schools and no one is talking.

The average Nigerian student entering tertiary institution whether University or College, is most likely going to be between 15 and 19 years old. 

Their self-esteem will most likely be shaky. Their world views and philosophies unshaped. They want to feel valued and accepted. It is also at this age that sexual curiosity spikes.

Combine all of these, and vulnerability rears its head. People in this bracket are perhaps the most likely to get raped, especially women. 

Let’s start with Tola.

Tola is a smart young lady. Settling into University life wasn’t as difficult as she thought, classes are coming and going. She’s making new friends, interesting friends. There’s one she likes. Like really really likes. He wears really nice shirts, and speaks really well. Most of all, he listens. He listens to all her stories. Wonder who made it easy for Tola to navigate the Jambite registration process? Him. 

His name is Steve. 

So one day, she’s bored, and asks him if he’s downloaded any new movies. Of course he has. Of course he has the newest episodes of the best shows. So empty USB flash in hand, she heads to his house. 

Finding his tiny student-size apartment is not so hard, not like it’s her first time going to collect movies, or charge her phone. 

Today, Steve doesn’t look so well. He’s cuddled up under his blanket. He tells her he has a fever. By the time he says this, she doesn’t even care about the movies she came to get. Today, she’s going to care for her friend. 

He shows her where he kept some painkillers. It’s at the bottom of a shelf. When she turns around, Steve is no longer on the bed. He’s now standing in front of her, at just a breath away. Bare chested. 

“I really like you,” he says. 

She’s shocked. And confused. 

“What are you doing?” she asks. He draws closer. She says stop. She says it again. But he’s all over her like a beast on prey. 

10 minutes later, he’s panting. She’s crying. 

“Why” she asks, “why did you do this to me?”

“What? I thought you liked it.”

This is what rape looks like in Nigerian student communities (and outside), and Tola is not alone.

In a survey of 349 women, 1 in 8 of them said they were raped while in school (University/Polytechnic/College of Education).

The numbers are probably higher, considering that many victims themselves don’t have a clear understanding of what is rape and what isn’t. This begs the question;

What is rape? 

Rape is a form of sexual assault where a person has forced sexual intercourse with a victim without their consent.  According to the Violence against Persons' Prohibition (VAPP) Act, the definition of rape has expanded to: "Rape is non-consensual penetration of a person's vagina, anus, mouth or body parts with an object or penis or other body part". Also worthy of note is that the legal definition differs from state to state.

But what about sexual assault?

While rape is a form of sexual assault, it is much broader. Sexual assault in the simplest terms, is the non-consensual contact that does not include penetration. Examples of sexual assault are: attempted rape, unwanted kissing, unwanted fondling, and unwanted touching of the genitalia, buttocks and breasts.

So whether it is Yaba Market boys pulling the hands of passing girls, and touching them, in the name of getting them to buy whatever cloth it is they are selling. Whether it is a lecturer groping a girl in his office. Whether it is fondling her without her consent. Whether it is a guy pressing groping a girl in a concert. This is sexual assault.

Why is rape common in tertiary schools?

Let’s go back to Steve. Steve is a regular guy. But the guys tease Steve for being soft. The other day, one of his guys teased that he liked boys. Why? Because Steve has no body count — number of girls he’s slept with. 

The guys also know about Tola. They believe he’s slacking because he hasn’t even kissed her. He likes her, they know this, and they assume she has to like him too. 

So when they ask him how far, and he says he’s finally slept with her, he’s the man. When he even says she wasn’t interested at first, and that he finally got her to have sex anyway, they say he’s the chairman. 

Perhaps, the biggest cause of rape in Nigerian schools stems from the attitude of men towards rape and the disregard for consent. It is the sense of entitlement that makes a man feel he deserves it, and he’ll get what he deserves by any means necessary. 

“What was she wearing?”

Another major contributing factor to rape is the tendency for society to blame the victim, instead of seeking justice, and punishing the rapist. 

A society that blames a rape victim, for any reason at all, gives the next rapist an excuse and even motivation to commit the irreversible crime.

How can we change this?

Back to Tola. Never in her life has she felt more alone.

She blames herself for ending up in that situation. She hates that she can’t tell anyone about it. She tells her friend about what happened, and her friend is not only surprised, she’s confused. The first thing she asks throws Tola off balance completely;

“But didn’t you say you liked him?”

We need to understand that this is a matter of control. There’s a stark difference between giving, and being taken from without consent. This is what rape is a about, taking without consent. 

Now, Tola hates that she told her friend. She fears telling her parents even worse. They’d probably call her a disgrace or a disappointment. So she swallows all the pain, and drowns in her own grief. 

You know the worst part? She’s in the same faculty with Steve. So she sees him every other day, and he acts like everything is fine. 

Rape is a crime, like armed robbery and murder. And until we treat it like a crime where the criminal is held responsible without putting the victim on trial, it’s not going anywhere.

Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Founder of S.T.E.R (Stand To End Rape), also recommends that we as people push further for the implementation of the Sexual Harassment in Educational Institutions Prohibition Act, 2016.

 Until we create a society where victims won’t feel ashamed to speak up, we shall have people living in fear for their safety, paranoia and hate.

Guaranteed.

source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/06/the-rape-culture-what-exactly-is-going.html

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JWU Journalism Students Showcase Films At Campus Screening

Vice Chancellor And Industry Expert Offer Career Guidance To Aspiring Filmmakers Event highlights student talent in portraying social themes through cinema. JAMSHEDPUR – Third-year Journalism and Communication students at Jamshedpur Women’s University (JWU) presented their films at a campus screening event. "These films demonstrate our students’ ability to portray societal concepts on screen,"…

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Yoga for Empowerment: Arka Jain University Celebrates International Yoga Day

Campus-wide session promotes holistic health awareness among students, faculty, and staff Yoga instructor Poonam Verma leads an empowering session, highlighting yoga’s benefits for women’s strength and flexibility. JAMSHEDPUR – Arka Jain University hosted a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day, focusing on holistic health and women’s empowerment. Arka Jain University celebrated…

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#BlackArticle - Dr. Lori S. White To Become DePauw University’s First Black Woman President

#BlackArticle – Dr. Lori S. White To Become DePauw University’s First Black Woman President

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Black women are breaking racial and gender barriers in academia. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dr. Lori S. White has been appointed as the president of DePauw University, making her the first woman and African American to sit at the helm of the Indiana-based liberal arts school.

When she takes the position in July, Lori White will be the first person of color and the first…

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Getting down to the Roots: What Community Health Care has to offer Ghana

We look the concept of Community Health care and its relevance with regards to how it can boost Ghana's health sector

Community health care, a field of public health, is a discipline that concerns itself with the study and improvement of the health care of communities. It provides basic health care in communities and the rural areas. It eases the burden on other levels of care.

The community health type of care is one of the most important objectives targeted in achieving primary health care as proposed by World Health Organization. With this, community health care should be a prime focus in health care delivery system in every country.                                                                                                      

The Health Care System in Ghana operates on five levels of providers: the Health Posts, Health Centers and Clinics, District Hospitals, Regional Hospitals, and Teaching Hospitals such as the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Korle Bu Teaching hospital. Community Health Care plays an integral role and is the first step to Health Care Delivery in Ghana.

In Ghana, Community Health Care is mainly delivered in polyclinics such as the Ampabame Polyclinic in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, health centers like the Kasoa health center and community-based health and planning service (CHPS) zones. Community Health Care Providers should include Disease Control Officers, Nurses, Midwives, Nurse Assistant Preventive (NAP), Nurse Assistant Clinical (NAC), formally known as Health Assistant Clinical (HAC), and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs). Their role is to provide preventive, promotive, and therapeutic care.

Their main objectives are to improve equity in access to basic health services, improve efficiency and responsiveness to client needs, and develop effective inter-sectoral collaboration.

 Their importances are to reduce burden on District Health Care, Improve Health Service Delivery through making health information and service accessible to every member of the community, Improve the health of the people in the communities, Cost effective in terms of prevention of diseases, Improve the capacity of health workers at the community level.

It is an undeniable fact that the inception of the Community health care system is a major link between health promotion services as well as health delivery services at the community level, where most morbidity and co-morbidity cases are realized or observed.                                                                             

All notwithstanding, Community Health Care services in Ghana has been plagued with a lot of challenges that entirely mar the beauty of the service, as well as hinder the persistent efforts being made in the achievement of our Primary Health care targets as a country.

The indicators and determinants of health have been pointing to the fact that, Ghana has performed abysmally when it comes to attaining Primary health care, and we undoubtedly continue to struggle with the concept all because we find it difficult to effectively implement the Community Health Care services.

The challenges are numerous but first amongst them is the problem of community participation. Our cultural beliefs and traditional practices coupled with various dogma about western medicine plays an important role in our decision to access these health care posts within the community.

By and large, we can say that it has been a problem with education on the choices of health available within the community but it has a lot to do with our attitude to change and to conform to new standards. For instance, some societies hold the view that the hospitals within their communities are death traps for pregnant women. With this kind of assertion, it would be very difficult for members of the community to access such health care post.

Secondly, there is lack of motivation on the part of the health workers to accept postings to these communities. This is mainly as a result of the low standard of living within the communities, coupled with the lack of access to specialty programmes for the staff to upgrade themselves. Aside this, there are no special incentives to woo health workers into these communities. Obviously, this impacts negatively on the health of the people and the achievements of primary health care.

Thirdly, there is lack of proper educational facility for staff wards in the communities. One of the major setbacks is the low levels of educational provision at the community level. Mostly, the communities provide a poor education up to the basic level. Most medical staff would prefer to have better forms of education and at a higher level for their wards. Imperatively, this happens to be a major stakeholder in the decision making process of the choice of health facility to work in. Because the future of their wards largely depends on it and they will not like to jeopardize the future of their children on the altar of sacrifice.

The fourth is, lack of proper accommodation and safe water for staff. It is an open fact that there is a huge disparity in the accessibility of social amenities and housing between the rural and urban areas. It is the duty of the community health worker in the rural areas to look for decent accommodation for themselves and at costs to them. However, in the urban areas, various flats have been provided for some of these health workers providing curative care.

 Finally, there are lack of motorable roads making referral cases very difficult and also decreasing attendance of individuals to facilities. There are also lack of ambulances to transport seriously ill patients to higher levels of health care. Lack of X-ray facilities, Laboratory services, and pharmacies at CHPS zones also make it difficult for the workers to provide proper health care. To add to it, there are also inadequate equipments and other hospital items such as Delivery beds, instruments, sterilizers, etc. that enhances service delivery and many more.

THE WAY FORWARD

Frequent education on health in the form of durbars, house to house education to let them know the whole concept about health by chiefs and also Community Health Providers.

 Ghana Health Service should introduce specialty programmes specially for Community Health Providers for upgrading after some years of service such as CRITICAL CARE NURSING, OPTHALMIC CARE etc.

Apparently, this might be out of the hands of Ghana Health Service but within the scope of Ghana Education Service and the government. The chiefs and opinion leaders of the community can liaise with Ghana Education Service and the government to put up better schools and educational facilities. This would attract Community Health Providers to go to communities since their wards would have a feel of better education in the communities.

Ghana Health Service and government of Ghana can liaise together to provide good and conducive accommodation and safe water for Community Health Care Providers in various communities .if they put up the CHPS compound and other Community Health centers, they should also put up  accommodation with safe drinking water and a conducive environment for them to work efficiently.

Ghana Health Service should liaise with government and Non-Governmental Organizations to provide decent roads in communities making referrals easier

Ghana Health Service should provide X-ray facilities to diagnose simple fractures, Laboratories for simple tests (malaria parasites, urine routine exam), and Pharmacies to get the required drug for the simple conditions diagnosed for treatment instead of referring these simple cases to the District Hospitals and other higher levels of health care .All these improve client patronage, reduce hospital stay, improve working performance, and client satisfaction.

Ghana Health Service ,Non-Governmental Organizations and other Benevolent societies can come together to help these community centers in providing equipments and other hospital items to improve Health care delivery

In conclusion, we can practise the suggested points to be able to better our Community Health Care system to achieve Primary Health Care (the primary goal in health care delivery) within the country. This generally improves community health status, reduces hospital waiting time, enhances community participation, and also improves financial and socioeconomic status in communities and the country as a whole.

 Written by ROGER ANTWI BOASIAKO

           source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/05/getting-down-to-roots-what-community.html