by admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Articles
In this conceptual paper, the authors have attempted to reconstruct the stigma concept, addressing the criticisms regarding the current concept as the co-occurrence of its components namely labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination and...
by admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Articles
The paper describes the history of state-sponsored violence against Muslims since early 2002 and highlights the mental and physical consequences of sexual and gender-based violence and the issues that need to be addressed by the police, the health care system and...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Articles, Further Readings
In another heart wrenching story, the UN News centre reports that according to the recently-issued Humanitarian Needs Overview, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) found that despite attempts to increase food aid in Afghanistan,...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Articles, Further Readings
This shocking piece in Al Jazeera states that Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2016 than any other year in the last decade according to a recent report published by a rights group Defence for...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Articles, Further Readings
This story posted in the WHO website regarding a mass vaccination campaign in Nigeria this week is a ray of sunshine in the otherwise dark and disappointing alley of conflict.