Human Security News From Outside Africa – 04/08/2021
How armed groups can exploit the climate crisis In the Middle East and North Africa, non-state actors weaponising the effects of climate change is already a reality, not a future scenario.
Human Security News From Africa – 04/08/2021
How kidnap-for-ransom became the “most lucrative industry in Nigeria” Since December, more than 1,000 Nigerian students and staff have been abducted and held for ransom by criminal gangs in the dense forests of the country’s remote northwest. With Groups Fueled by Drones and Gold, Terror in Africa Tops Concerns in UN Report The “most striking …
Why is INCLUSIVENESS so important?
Inclusiveness connotes Acceptance, Community, Togetherness & Mutuality. Community stands for inclusiveness: common purpose, collective responsibility & solidarity in the common quest for human dignity. Strong communities thrive on societal values: mutual respect, mutual trust, social justice, fairness and the dignity of life. Ɔman bɛyɛ yie a, efiri yɛn ara!
Prevention of Violent Extremism
PREVENTION is better than INTERVENTION: we must build Knowledge Centres and Early Warning Networks to better influence who, does what, where, when and how for peaceful co-existence. TalkingPVE TheHumanDomain
UNSG’s Plan of Action To Prevent Violent Extremism
“We need to pay attention to why individuals are attracted to violent extremist groups. I am convinced that the creation of open, equitable, inclusive and pluralist societies, based on the full respect of human rights and with economic opportunities for all, represents the most tangible and meaningful alternative to violent extremism and the most promising …
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Human Security News From Outside Africa – 15/07/2021
Caution Urged as Global Piracy Falls to Lowest Level in 27 Years Piracy and armed robbery at sea fell to the lowest level in 27 years in the first half of 2021, but don’t let the numbers fool you, the International Maritime Bureau warns.
Human Security News From Africa – 15/07/2021
West Africa: Advocacy of Multiple-Stakeholders On Implementation of ECOWAS, GBV, Child Rights Texts Commences The National Agency for Trafficking in Persons in partnership with the ECOWAS permanent mission has on Tuesday 13th July 2021 commenced training of stakeholders on Integrated In -Country Advocacy and Implementation of ECOWAS Gender Base Violence and Child Rights Texts in …
HUMAN SECURITY
Human Security is about Inclusiveness (Participatory decision making), social cohesion, peaceful coexistence, well-being and life in dignity. Human Security is about Protecting and empowering individuals & local communities from Vulnerability to Resilience (V2R). Human Security is about the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) the people against Genocide, War Crimes, Ethnic Cleansing, Crimes Against Humanity and Crimes …
Human Development and Human Security
The UNDP Human Development Report 1994 defines Human Development as “a process of widening the range of people’s choices”, it argues that human security denotes people’s ability to exercise those choices safely and freely and with the relative confidence that those choices would sustain. It identifies seven prospective sources that include most, but not necessarily all aspects of human security: economic security, food security, health security, environmental security, personal security, communal security, and political security. (UNDP 1994:22-33)
HSRCGh collaborates with NADMO
A delegation from the Human Security Research Centre, led by Brigadier General I. B. Quartey, Thursday July 8 2021 visited the National Disaster Management Organisation where they discussed ways of collaborating in the area of ensuring environmental security in Ghana. Brigadier General Quartey, 3rd from left, and Ms Charlotte Norman, NADMO Director Climate and Risk …