Monday, March 25, 2019
Conflict Induced Internal Displacement & The Shifting Gender Dynamics E
cozy displacement is an issue that affects regions around the knowledge domain. Countries destroy by civil wars, government oppression, human rights abuse or other internal conflicts produce the mass displacement of persons (referred to as IDPs) to other part of the country seeking refuge (Knox and Marston,108-109, 2010). Within the context of Colombia this paper leave alone first explore the economic challenges that IDPs must face and discuss how these challenges feeling displaced women. It will then discuss how the gendered division of labor in the kin impacts these geographies of displacement. Lastly, it will examine the link between the urban environment, and shifting gender dynamics within the context of internal displacement. Colombia provides a good role study from which to examine the issue of internal displacement, because Latin America is the world region with the second most severe IDP situations, Africa creation physical body one (Knox and Marston,108-109, 201 0). Colombia in particular has a dramatically high chip of IDPs, accounting for up to 8.6% of Colombias total population (Carrillo,529, 2009). The capital city of Bogot has the largest population of IDPs in the country, approximated to be 244,184 (Carrillo,530, 2009).These high numbers are a result of the Guerrillas and paramilitaries targeting rural civilians by way of arbitrary killings, looting, and destruction of airscrew in order to take control of their land for economic and policy-making benefit and in order to possess strategic territory (Knox and Marston,108-109, 2010). The civilians being targeted usually move from their homes in these war stricken rural areas to urban areas elsewhere in the country (usually determined by geograph... ...s, suppl. Displacement, 2009 527-546.Eschenbcher, Jens-Hagen. The Global Internal Displacement Crisis Recent Developments and Perspectives for An Improved International Response. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 2005 49-60.Escobar, Nora Segu ra. Colombia A sweet Century, an Old War, and More. International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, 2000 107-127.Knox, Paul L, and Sallie A Marston. Places and Regions in Global Context Human Geography. Upper Saddle River Pearson Education, Inc., 2010.Monserrat, Silvia Ins , et al. Values and attitudes towards women in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. Employee Relations, 2009 227-244.Mooney, Erin. THE CONCEPT OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT. Refugee Survey Quarterly, 2005 9-26.Winders, Jamie. fearful 31, 2011. GEO 171. Winders, Jamie. October 5, 2011. Population Geographies Migration. GEO 171.
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