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Contemporary disasters may not kill more women than men: an empirical inquiry into sex-differentiated fatalities in the twenty-first century. [PDF]

open access: yesDisasters
Abstract This study investigates the claim that women are disproportionately more likely to die in disasters by reviewing existing data sources and compiling new datasets on sex‐differentiated disaster fatalities in the twenty‐first century. The analysis is structured by disaster type, covering geophysical, meteorological, climatological, hydrological,
Rubin O.
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Five levels of famine prevention: towards a framework for the twenty-first century and beyond. [PDF]

open access: yesDisasters
Abstract In recent years, the world has faced a rapid rise in humanitarian needs and an increasing risk of famine. Given the potential threats posed by conflict, climate change, economic shocks, and other issues, it is important to be prepared for the possibility of new crises in the future.
Howe P, Fitzpatrick M, Maxwell D.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Non-Criminal Justice Interventions for Countering Cognitive and Behavioural Radicalisation Amongst Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Implementation: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

open access: yesCampbell Syst Rev
ABSTRACT Growing numbers of young people are encountering the counter‐terrorism system. This international trend raises important questions about the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and counter childhood and adolescent radicalisation. This review examines the effectiveness and implementation of interventions designed to counter cognitive and ...
Lewis J   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Prevalence of Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation and Its Risk Factors Among Reproductive Aged Women in Somalia: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Somalia Health and Demographic Survey. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and aims Although the advantages of breastfeeding are well‐documented, many mothers struggle to meet the World Health Organization's recommendation for early initiation of breastfeeding. Improved cognitive development and intelligence in children are linked to early breastfeeding.
Birhan NA   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hunger in global war economies: understanding the decline and return of famines. [PDF]

open access: yesDisasters
Abstract The resurgence of famines is a topic of concern. This paper explains the recent trajectory using the framework of contending ‘global war economies’. It characterises the unipolar neoliberal world order era (1986–2015) as the ‘Pax Americana’ war economy, focusing on the United States dollar's roles.
de Waal A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

PROTOCOL: Non-criminal justice interventions for countering cognitive and behavioural radicalisation amongst children and adolescents: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation. [PDF]

open access: yesCampbell Syst Rev
Abstract This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows. (1) Examine whether secondary and tertiary interventions delivered outside of the criminal justice system are effective at countering the cognitive and behavioural radicalisation of children and adolescents by synthesising evidence relating to relevant ...
Lewis J   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Federico Prizzi (2021): Cultural Intelligence ed Etnografia di Guerra-Il ruolo dell’antropologia nello studio dell’information warfare di Al Shabaab. Edizioni Altravista.

open access: yesmethaodos.revista de ciencias sociales, 2022
Federico Prizzi’s Cultural Intelligence ed Etnografia di Guerra-Il ruolo dell’antropologia nello studio dell’information warfare di Al Shabaab‘ (Cultural Intelligence and Ethnography of War –the role of anthropology in studying the information warfare of
Giovanni Ercolani
doaj   +1 more source

Kenya at war : Al-Shabaab and its enemies in Eastern Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Kenya's invasion of southern Somalia, which began in October 2011, has turned into an occupation of attrition – while “blowback” from the invasion has consolidated in a series of deadly Al-Shabaab attacks within Kenya. This article reviews the background
Anderson, David, McKnight, J.
core   +1 more source

A text-immanent, narrative-critical and logotherapeutic reading of the book of Amos and the necessity of a scientific approach by its readers to prevent terror deeds [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2022
A text-immanent and narrative critical approach to the Biblical book of Amos reveals that the prophet Amos had addressed the social injustices of his time.
Mogomme A. Masoga, Johan M. Ras
doaj   +1 more source

The social media use of African terrorist organizations: a comparative study of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram

open access: yesInsights into Regional Development, 2021
The objective of this qualitative study is to raise awareness of the online presence of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al-Shabaab and Boko Haram by analyzing and comparing their social media activities.
János Besenyő, Gábor Sinkó
doaj   +1 more source

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