Hither and Yonder
Case Studies on the “Run” Culture: The Undercurrent of the New Wave of Overseas Emigration in China since COVID-19 View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Huai Bao
For years, China remained Canada’s top source country of new immigrants, and then has experienced a slowdown in the past decade due to many factors, being replaced by India as the new top source country of immigrants. As of 2022, Canada welcomed 118,095 (27%) immigrants from India and 31,815 (7.2%) from China. However, under Xi Jiping’s regime, especially since COVID-19, outbound immigration has become a new hot topic on the Internet in China, especially among the elite class, known as the “run” culture, negotiating why, where, and how. Through case studies, this paper examines current domestic and international policies in China and society’s response.
Forced Displacement Due To Disasters: The Intervention of the Social Worker in Four Continents View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Maria Isabel Barros Bellini, Nadianna Rosa Marques
Disasters affect communities and cause damage on a global scale, generating human, material, economic and environmental losses, forcing the displacement of populations from their territories, impacting the functioning of services, making public policies precarious, imposing on different professions and society in general an organization that often exceeds existing capacities and requires mitigation and prevention actions. The social worker is a professional with competence to intervene in disaster management and in direct assistance to the population for access to basic rights and benefits necessary for the organization in the crisis and in the post-crisis. In this perspective, the project Identification and Diffusion of Technological Innovations for Coping with Disasters Developed by Social Workers in Brazil, Australia, Italy, and South Africa (CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT notice No. 18/2021 – Universal) investigates the intervention of social workers that can contribute to the prevention and mitigation of the effects of these events in different realities and preventing the displacement of populations of their territories. The methodology is composed of several stages in which it is foreseen: documentary research, bibliographic research in national and international databases and field research with social workers who have worked in disasters in the four countries, identifying technological innovations and strategies that have the potential to be disseminated and multiplied in an interprofessional and collaborative way. The project is being carried out and preliminary results point to the importance of the social worker in disaster intervention and approach to displaced populations.
The Globalization of Abortion: Constructing Rights Across Borders View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Alison Brysk
How does the globalization of abortion affect access to reproductive rights worldwide? Abortion norms, movements, medications, and migrants cross borders to an unprecedented degree in an era of increasing contestation of abortion policy. While human rights advocacy is depicted as inherently transnational, population politics were historically seen as the domain of state regulation and a Church-state struggle contested by national women’s movements. Yet 21st century abortion liberalization and backlash have become a globalized “three-level game”, and “the personal is global”. The globalization of reproductive rights norms and networks in a domestic and private policy area fosters transnational mobilization, policy diffusion, reshapes rights repertoires, and “deviant globalization” that evades state regulation. We will trace the impact of the globalization of abortion on reproductive rights access through the Green Wave of transnational mobilization in Latin America; “circumvention migration” in Central Europe; and medication networks in North America. Transnational and extra-territorial abortion actors and practices shift authority and identity relations, and create new channels of access to reproductive rights through mobile clinics, self-managed care, accompaniment movements, solidarity supply chains, cross-border referral networks, and resource flows.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Religious Coping among Victims of the Ukraine-Russia War: A Quantitative Analysis
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Zeynep Sagir
This quantitative research investigates the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and religious coping strategies among victims affected by the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Utilizing structured questionnaires administered to a sample of individuals directly impacted by the war, the study employs standardized measures to assess the severity of PTSD symptoms and the frequency and effectiveness of religious coping mechanisms. Statistical analyses, including regression models and correlation coefficients, elucidate the associations between PTSD symptomatology and various dimensions of religious coping, such as religious beliefs, practices, and community engagement. Preliminary findings indicate a significant correlation between heightened PTSD symptoms and increased reliance on certain religious coping strategies among participants. Furthermore, demographic variables, including age, gender, and duration of exposure to conflict-related trauma, are explored as potential moderators in the relationship between PTSD and religious coping. The study's outcomes provide empirical insights into the interplay between psychological distress and religious coping mechanisms among victims of war, highlighting the complex dynamics that influence resilience, adaptation, and healing within conflict-affected populations. These findings contribute to the growing body of literature on trauma, religious coping, and mental health interventions in post-conflict settings, emphasizing the importance of culturally sensitive approaches to support individuals' psychological and spiritual well-being in the aftermath of war-related trauma.
