The Role of the Human Security Perspective

Benedek, Wolfgang

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19087-7_10

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“…In 1994 the United Nations created a framework for the concept of human security which consists of seven categories: economic security, food security, health security, environmental security, political security, community security, and personal security (UNDP, 1994). Development of the human security concept and the implications of its components can be traced back to earlier academic discussions on human freedoms and the role of international organizations in keeping humanity safe from any type of fear (Benedek, 2016). These discussions widened the scope of the security concept for the international community from military threats and the regional and global order to non‐traditional matters such as health, the environment, and poverty (Thomas, 2001).…”

Section: Human Security and Migration: A Framework For Analysismentioning

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Exploring the Victimization of Syrian Refugees through the Human Security Model: An Ethnographic Approach

Akgül

Gurer

Aydın

2021

Studies Ethnicity & National

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the human security aspect of the Syrian refugee crisis and to analyse the vulnerability and victimization of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Among the several categories within the human security model (i.e. economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community, and political) as conceptualized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the study analysed the personal (i.e. individual) security of Syrian refugees in Turkey. A qualitative research design was employed with an applied ethnographic approach which included semi‐structured interviews, observations, document analysis, and field notes. Five main themes were identified regarding the personal security of Syrians: violence, homelessness, prostitution and early marriage, child labour, and deadly journeys. The results of the study indicate that Syrian refugees are exposed to several human insecurity parameters at the individual level, which are largely neglected by the Turkish state. Consequently, Turkey’s failure to promote the human security of the Syrian refugees contributes to their forced migration to Western countries, where ‘freedom from fear’, ‘freedom from want’, and ‘freedom from indignity’ are relatively assured.

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Section: Human Security and Migration: A Framework For Analysismentioning

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Exploring the Victimization of Syrian Refugees through the Human Security Model: An Ethnographic Approach

Akgül

Gurer

Aydın

2021

Studies Ethnicity & National

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“…Recent studies on security have argued that threats and challenges to human life (in this case adolescent girls in school) transcend national defence, and law and order to encompass basic human needs (Harel-Shalev and Wolberg, 2020;Mack and Friedens-Warte, 2005). Human security is concerned with the political, economic and social issues that guarantee a life free from risk and fear (Bellamy, 2020;Bendek, 2016). In Nigeria, young girls and girls in school are being threatened by inadequate access to food, money, learning materials, healthcare, sanitation, water and hygiene (Ibor and Otiji, 2022).…”

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“…In Nigeria, young girls and girls in school are being threatened by inadequate access to food, money, learning materials, healthcare, sanitation, water and hygiene (Ibor and Otiji, 2022). At the 2005 World Summit, it was declared that "all individuals, in particular, vulnerable people, are entitled to freedom from fear and freedom from want, with an equal opportunity to enjoy all their rights and fully develop their human potential" (Bendek, 2016;Human Security Research Center, 2005).…”

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Analysis of Human Insecurity and School Dropout among Secondary School Girls in Nigeria: A Spatio-Sectoral Approach

Ibor,

Silas,

Ukoje

et al. 2024

Mediterr. J. Soc. Sci.

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It is well established that human security is intricately related to access to education, food and human dignity. However, almost 8 years after the launch of the National Strategy to End Child Marriage and Twenty-five years of the introduction of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme in Nigeria, girl children are either denied access to education or enroll, but drop out of school. The aim of this study is to determine how human insecurity relate to girl-child school dropout in Nigeria. The study utilized data from National Bureau of Statistics and National Population Commission, Abuja. The data covered the 36 states of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory in 2021. ArcGIS software was used to evaluate the spatial pattern of girl child school dropout, while frequencies, tables, simple percentages and Ordinary Least Square techniques were used for analyses at p<0.05. The results showed that female school attendance in lower secondary school was highest in south-east (20.3%) and lowest in North-west (16. 4.%). The geopolitical zones with the highest girl child school dropout were Northwest (56.8%), North East (50.2%) and North-central (30.6%). Meanwhile, the North West in which female school attendance was low had the highest girl child school dropout. Girls’ child school dropout was significantly explained by 64% of the variation in girl child marriage, wealth quintile of households, food insecurity and feeling of safety (R2 = 0.644425, p<0.05). Girl-child marriage was a significant factor influencing girls school dropout in Nigeria (1.216; p<0.05). There was a weak positive relationship between the proportion of girls attending lower secondary school and feeling of safety (0.047890; p>0.4045). The study concludes that girl child school dropout varies across the states of Nigeria and closely related to socioeconomic and cultural factors. These findings have implications for designing school retention strategies. Received: 29 January 2023 / Accepted: 29 February 2024 / Published: 6 March 2024

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The Role of the Human Security Perspective

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Exploring the Victimization of Syrian Refugees through the Human Security Model: An Ethnographic Approach

Exploring the Victimization of Syrian Refugees through the Human Security Model: An Ethnographic Approach

Analysis of Human Insecurity and School Dropout among Secondary School Girls in Nigeria: A Spatio-Sectoral Approach

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