Herders Mobility, Food Security and Covid-19 Pandemic Challenges during Lockdown in Nigeria

Climate change is one of the cores of the herders' movement in Nigeria. Some other variable is the classification of the Fulanis as indigenous peoples that have no specific abode of their own;they roam around looking for water and foliage for their animals. During the dry season, they move towards the southern part of Nigeria where they would find foliage and water for their animals because of their status under international law. A notion that in a bid to look for food for their animals, these herders sometimes feed their animals with grown corn, cassava, millet, sweet potato and even yam of the sedentary farmers. One of the geneses of food insecurity in many communities of the southern part of Nigeria. Food availability, affordability and accessibility in the country was compromised in 2020 due to these challenges by the urban dwellers which was compromised due to the activities of mobile herders. With general lockdown in Nigeria, many farmers were unable to go to farm while the Fulanis who were hardly affected by lockdown had their field-days in feeding their animals on crops planted by small scale farmers, the only source of food security in the country. The core of this paper is to interrogate Fulanis mobility as indigenous peoples based on relevant international law and its impact on small-scale farmers' sources of income and food availability for the teeming population of Nigeria. We contextualised this based on the COVID-19 pandemic that restricts the movement of people between March and December 2020. We conclude that the rights of the indigenous peoples at the domestic level need further interrogation to create an atmosphere of peaceful co-existence through aversion of herders-farmers clashes that envelope southern Nigeria.

Indian Act Philanthropy: Why are Community Foundations Missing from Native Communities in Manitoba, Canada?: Revue Canadienne de Recherche sur les OSBL et l'Économie Sociale (ANSERJ)

Un modèle philanthropique axé sur le développement communautaire serait-il en train de renforcer les politiques coloniales plutôt que d'offrir des bénéfices économiques équitables? Cette étude analyse les transcriptions de vingt webinaires publics sur la philanthropie et la Loi sur les Indiens et évalue les 54 fondations communautaires établis au Manitoba, Canada. Ces 54 fondations servent seulement les villes et municipalités des colons-il n'y en a pas une seule dans les communautés autochtones. Comme elles ne desservent que leurs régions géographiques spécifiques, les fondations communautaires au Manitoba concentrent la richesse dans les villes et municipalités dominées par les colons, accaparant des ressources qui pourraient aider les communautés autochtones. Ce modèle philanthropique, en excluant les communautés les plus pauvres du Manitoba, renforce la marginalisation, la pauvreté et les risques de santé dans les communautés autochtones.Alternate :Could a philanthropic model aimed at community development enforce colonial policy rather than providing equitable economic opportunity? This research analyzes the transcripts of 20 public webinars on philanthropy and the Indian Act and maps the 54 community foundations in Manitoba, Canada. All 54 community foundations in Manitoba service only settler-dominated cities and municipalities, with none on Native communities. As community foundations serve only their specific geographical areas, the community foundations in Manitoba effectively concentrate wealth in settler-dominated cities and municipalities, taking away needed resources from Native communities. In excluding the poorest communities in Manitoba, this philanthropic model further entrenches marginalization, poverty, and health risks for Native people on Native communities.

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in Latin America: Towards Effective Post-Pandemic Policies

[...]a broad and inclusive approach to post-pandemic policy-making—one that considers Indigenous forms of knowledge whilst fostering appreciation for their cultures and lives—is needed to adequately assist Indigenous peoples in repairing the harm they have suffered as a result of COVID-19.3 COVID-19 and its deadly impact on Indigenous communities There are no less than eight hundred distinct Indigenous communities across Latin America, each with its own unique identity, culture, and [End Page 169] history. In Bolivia, for example, where Indigenous groups comprise a significant portion of the electorate (between 41 and 62 percent of the population), Latin America's first Indigenous political executive was elected in 2006.4 In most instances, however, Indigenous peoples make up only a small proportion of Latin American country populations (generally ranging from 0.5–15 percent), one factor ensuring limited political influence and the widespread marginalization of their interests.5 As a consequence, Indigenous peoples across the region entered the pandemic whilst already suffering from a range of serious economic and socio-cultural inequalities.6 Inadequate access to medical care, chronic poverty and economic marginalization, racism and prejudice, and inadequate access to education are common issues that exacerbated the impact of the pandemic.7 The World Health Organization confirmed the arrival of the pandemic in the region on February 26, 2020. [...]Indigenous mortality rates were 4.03 percent in Brazil and 19.9 percent in Mexico—significantly higher than 2.2 percent and 5.7 percent overall mortality rates in each country respectively.9 Unfortunately, the lack of regional data on, and deliberate under-reporting of, Indigenous mortality rates across much of Latin America has problematized many of the available datasets.10 In Brazil, for example, organizations such as The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples (APIB), have shown that the total number of recognized Indigenous deaths (902 persons as of April 7, 2022), undercounts the actual figure by at least 31 percent.11 Other sources, such as the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI), which is responsible for Indigenous medical care, also provides incomplete data on Brazilian Indigenous mortality by failing to count Indigenous urban dwellers or those who live outside of recognized government-controlled territories in their data sets.12 Such groups are among some of the most vulnerable Indigenous communities in the country, receiving little, if any, support from government agencies charged with supporting Indigenous communities.13 As a result, the scale and scope of COVID-19's impact on Indigenous Brazilians is, and for the foreseeable future will likely remain, unknowable.14 Despite a lack of adequate data across much of Latin America, a growing body of evidence indicates that Indigenous peoples were particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, and that they likely died or suffered long-term health issues in disproportionate numbers.15 In a study of Indigenous peoples in Chile, for instance, regions with larger Indigenous populations recorded a noticeable increase in overall mortality.16 Where direct data do not exist, emerging studies suggest that the medical impact of COVID-19 was likely compounded by a range of structural inequalities and environmental factors.17 Many Indigenous peoples lack access to adequate medical care. [...]disproportionate exposure to pesticides—used extensively in agricultural industries in which many Indigenous people find employment, as well as exposure to smoke inhalation—caused by out-of-control forest fires across Latin America—likely exacerbated the repertory symptoms caused by COVID-19.18 As a consequence, Indigenous peoples had to face COVID-19 not only with fewer resources, but with greater exposure to the types of pre-existing conditions known to aggravate the impact of the disease.19 Particularly high mortality rates among Indigenous elders, who act as stores of traditional knowledge, affected cultural continuity and community cohesion.20 To better understand this we spoke with a representative of the Indigenous Kaingang people, Duko Vãgfy, who explained that "[t]he worst losses [we suffered] were the elders, because they held so much knowledge about [our] people.

Lives More Recognizable Than Individual: Indigenous Communities in the Face of Pandemics

In light of these actions, the pandemic could be perceived as having bolstered the autonomy and jurisdiction of Indigenous governments relative to local municipalities, provinces, and the federal government. [...]these assertions should not be mistaken as a signal that the structures of Indigenous political subordination relative to state power have been, or stand to be, transformed in any significant way. With all eyes attuned to the need for "economic recovery," Indigenous people have predictably been invited to play a role in mainstream postpandemic economic recovery strategies. Any semblance of intergovernmental cooperation between Indigenous and Canadian governments, then, has once again been tethered to Indigenous participation in capitalist economies, which presumes an association between economic development and the transformation of Indigenous political subordination and excludes Indigenous people whose interests do not align with these ideals.

Uptake of the Australian Heart Health Check before and after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak

IN AUSTRALIA, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and accounts for 9% of total disease expenditure ($10.4 billion).1,2 If current Australian guidelines were fully implemented, using absolute CVD risk assessment to guide the prescribing of medication for high-risk patients, an estimated $5.4 billion would be saved per year.3'4 MedicineInsight data suggest that only 17% of Australian patients aged 45-74 years attending general practice have the required risk factors recorded to enable an absolute CVD risk assessment, although this may not be representative and is limited to data recorded in specified fields.5 Health assessment Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items are time-based consultation items targeted towards the prevention and management of chronic diseases that include taking a patient's history, physical measurements and providing management advice about medication and lifestyle change (Table 1). To increase the uptake of CVD primary prevention guidelines, a dedicated 'Heart Health Check' MBS item (699) was introduced on 1 April 2019, under which medical practitioners could claim a fee ($85.60) for a dedicated CVD risk consultation that lasts at least 20 minutes.6 Item 699 has a specific focus on identifying CVD risk factors and initiating CVD risk management strategies for high-risk patients. From April 2020 there have been multiple changes to the delivery of primary health services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.7 Despite effective COVID-19 control measures in Australia, national general practitioner (GP) surveys conducted in 2020 and 2021 indicated a high impact of and concern about the pandemic, including the safety of staff, the rapid move to telehealth, reduced income due to a drop in patient presentation, increased workload during the vaccination rollout and inadequate government support, including a lack of safety equipment.8'9 In addition, the National Heart Foundation of Australia has estimated that 27,000 fewer Heart Health Checks were conducted due to COVID-19.10 As such, this study aimed to explore the uptake of Item 699 since its introduction and changes in existing health assessment item claims. Methods Study overview Publicly available databases were used for MBS item claims and population estimates.11 Data were available by age range, sex and state or territory. Because it was not possible to determine race or ethnicity, data for all adults aged >35 years were included in accordance with national guideline recommendations at the time of data collection for absolute CVD risk assessment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged >35 years and all other adults aged >45 years.3 MBS claims data for health assessment Items 699, 701, 703, 705, 707 and 715 were downloaded and compared between three time periods: the 12-month period before the introduction of Item 699 (1 April 2018-31 March 2019);the 12-month period after the introduction of Item 699 (1 April 2019-31 March 2020);and the 12-month period with COVID-19 outbreaks affecting the delivery of health services through primary care (1 April 2020-31 March 2021).12 Subsequently, health assessment item claims were assessed by age, sex and state/territory for the 24-month period after Item 699 was introduced (1 April 2019-31 March 2021).

Working together to contain and manage COVID-19: CMAJ

Canada's federal and provincial governments have taken unprecedented measures to promote social distancing in the wake of the World Health Organization's categorization of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak as a global pandemic. Closing schools, banning large public gatherings and team events, and advising against travel are all intended to help Canada "flatten the curve" of the outbreak. Here, Laupacis asserts that we must work hard to ensure good communication and continuity of care. Furthermore, certain groups of patients who do not have COVID-19 will also need continuing care, although their regular clinics may be working below usual capacity. Clinicians will need to conduct more virtual consultations than before while uncertain about how to do so effectively;others may have to provide care that is outside their usual practice.

Examining the Development of Sustainable Tourism on Phuket Island: A Literature Review with Implications for Tourism Planning

The conception of sustainable tourism is comparatively new and only started to emerge in the 1980s, whereas nowadays, it became a prevalent theme of discussion for researchers and tourism policymakers. Since then, sustainable tourism is often referred to as the holy grail and ultimate solution to achieve a balanced outcome that equally emphasizes environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects of tourism development. These factors are said to ensure active participation and assist in the process to create consensus amongst stakeholders. The tropical island of Phuket depends heavily on international tourism and generates most of its income from tourism receipts. Phuket developed quickly into a mass-tourism destination with its set of associated challenges derived from mass tourism. At present, the literature lacks a comprehensive account of perspectives from the tourism stakeholders, including indigenous people, local communities, visitors, industry, and government. Therefore, this review aims to serve as an insightful reference for policymakers and stakeholders that wish to affect change in the tourism industry for Thailand in general and Phuket specifically.

Markets for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs): The Role of Community-Based Tourism (CBT) in Enhancing Brazil's Sociobiodiversity

Under detailed settings, tourism can add to the material and immaterial values of the use of biodiversity, such as non-timber forest products (NTFPs) collected by traditional communities, towards sustainability in rural landscapes. A critical aspect is to effectively assess where to implement tourism modalities that enhance NTFP extractivism and reduce the emphasis on the quantities extracted (yields). Here, we map NTFP extractivism and community-based tourism initiatives in Brazil to explore local markets, use a spatially explicit modeling approach and map landscape-scale governance mechanisms to upscale where sociobiodiversity can be successfully cherished through a community-led visitation and management model. Our results show suitable large areas to upscale community-based tourism (CBT) markets for NTFP extractivism in the Amazon and Cerrado, which can be supported by available social capital and partnerships. However, there is a lack of infrastructure and institutions to support their implementation. We evidence innovative ways for enhancing the role of tourism for Brazil's sociobiodiversity and fostering transitions towards multifunctional sustainable land uses.

Increasing the Representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour as Students in Psychology Doctoral Programmes

Additionally, emerging research regarding the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that racial inequities caused by racism (e.g., overrepresentation within frontline employment) cause BIPOC communities to be more exposed to and less protected from the virus, placing them at a higher risk of infection and death, a devastating phenomenon coupled with the already present health disparities caused by racism in the Canadian health care system (Amoako & MacEachen, 2021;Cénat, Kogan, et al., 2021;Denice et al., 2021). In this article, we will discuss, as others have noted, how Canadian graduate programmes must assume responsibility and become directly involved in understanding, offsetting, and preventing the harm of systemic racism, oppression, and discrimination, as demanded by the ethics and principles of psychology itself (APA Division 45 Warrior's Path Presidential Task Force, 2020;APA Council of Representatives, 2021;Canadian Psychological Association [CPA], 2018;Ritchie & Sinacore, 2020). Racialization is about social perceptions-how people perceive others based on their presumed race or ancestry (Pendakur, 2005). [...]race is a socially constructed concept-not a fixed or scientific identity, despite mainstream North American society operating as if it is an accepted truth (Gonzalez-Sobrino & Goss, 2019;Haeny et al., 2021). [...]we use the term BIPOC to encompass the following groups: BIPOC (i.e., South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Arab, Southeast Asian

Multiculturalism and economic impact in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and perspectives in the context of Covid 19

The article aims to analyze the socio-economic panorama of the countries that make up the Latin American and Caribbean region, whose main source of study focuses on the predominant multiculturalism in native and indigenous peoples seen from a health crisis approach in full swing of the COVID-19. Thus, despite the current policies to deal with and consolidate the overthrow of the history of oppression and capitalist exploitation in minority communities, the disconnection between the literal nature of the current policies and their implementation by virtue of protection can still be evidenced. and support for the collective and social rights of indigenous populations. In this sense, this research is developed from a qualitative approach under the methodology of grounded theory in an exploratory and descriptive framework of the phenomenal situation of indigenous peoples marginalized as a result of an imposing current neoliberal model. © Encuentros (Maracaibo). All rights reserved.

Out of the Margins? Race, Racism, and Colonialism in Canadian Communication Studies

The current conjuncture is marked by a multitude of global crises that include the COVID-19 pandemic;global warming;conflicts in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Palestine;growing global poverty and food scarcity;the exponential increase of forcibly displaced people;the escalating use of incarceration to manage migrants, including children;land conflicts with Indigenous peoples;and the persecution and genocide of religious, ethnic, and sexual minorities around the globe, from the Rohingya to the Uyghurs. In Canada, we nessed the of hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children forced to attend residential schools;court rulings in favour of pipelines that violated the constitutional rights of Indigenous peoples;the global mobilization of Black Lives Matters;the escalation of anti-Asian racism;the heightened Islamophobia that resulted in the killing of members of the Afzaal Salman family;attacks on mosques and synagogues;and the ongoing criminalization, incarceration, and violent police murders of Black, Indigenous, and people of colour across the country. The recent occupation of Ottawa and other cities and towns highlights the rise of right-wing extremism that, along with the failure of the state to act swiftly to protect the rule of law, brings up the intersection of misogyny, racism, colonialism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and populism (Karim, 2000;Mirrlees, 2021;Neville & Langlois, 2021). Drawing on their experiences working with the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC) as scholar-activists, King and Odartey-Wellington argue that the canon of Canadian communications scholarship must be expanded to include Canada's history of colonialism and discrimination against ra- cialized people.

Natural Resource Development and Well-Being in Inuit Nunangat: A Scoping Review

Natural resource developments have signifi cant positive and negative impacts on the health and well-being of communities in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit Homelands) in Canada. Mining, hydroelectric, and oil and gas developments signifi cantly alter the landscapes of communities and often an entire region. As climate change and global demand for natural resources increase, the four regions in Inuit Nunangat-Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region-may experience an increase in development activity. The goal of this scoping review was to map trends in the extent, range, and nature of published research examining the relationship between natural resource development and health and well-being of communities in Inuit Nunangat. A total of 2,861 articles were screened for relevance, and 58 articles met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed in full. The results indicate that: 1) Nunavut was the most discussed region;2) mining and/or mineral exploration was the most commonly discussed resource development;3) communication between researchers and industry offi cials or health authorities was not frequently reported;4) there were numerous government policies discussed, suggesting policy is a signifi cant factor in the relationship between resource development and well-being;5) holistic health was the most common area of health discussed;6) Inuit inclusion in research varied, with nearly half of articles reporting Inuit involvement in the data collection and/or analysis;7) few articles discussed mine closures and the impacts on Inuit well-being;and, 8) no articles were published in 2020, therefore no articles discussed the impact of COVID-19.

Reflections of Good Practice of Infusing ESD to Improve Education Outcomes for Indigenous Learners in Light of a Global Pandemic

The COVID-19 global pandemic presented an unprecedented challenge to the sustainability strategies and initiatives of many nations. In many countries, education strategies and funding were negatively impacted and, consequently, especially vulnerable groups were highly affected, amongst them Indigenous communities around the world. As Indigenous communities were already amongst the most vulnerable before 2020, a strategically and well-planned recovery from this pandemic would be vital to secure their well-being.This article offers reflections on the potential of infusing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the classroom, the school and the community as a whole, to deal with known and yet unprecedented sustainability challenges in presenting commonalities of 32 good practice reports from 21 countries collected in advance and during the global pandemic. Authors make the point of considering the pandemic and its widespread impact as yet another sustainability challenge and position ESD as a potential tool to achieve quality education and unleash the full potential of education for society when planning recovery efforts in hope for a better future of Indigenous communities in the long term.As the good practices were also included in a report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to the 48th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, focusing on the post-pandemic recovery efforts for Indigenous Peoples, further thoughts on both official reports and their alignment with the overall 2030 Agenda from an ESD perspective are included.

White Benevolence: Racial and Colonial Violence in the Helping Professions

In particular, the research featured in this collection is primarily situated on the Canadian prairies, a geographical location that is particularly imbued with land-based tensions that are entangled with nation-building narratives with a strong history of dispossessing Indigenous peoples, imposing health and social services as a means to control Indigenous communities (e.g. via Indian Residential Schools, Indian hospitals, etc.), but also a vibrant history of Indigenous resistance to systemic state repression. The first four chapters highlight the first arc which demonstrates the ways in which settler colonial logics and power relations are broadly systemic and produce subjects that both reproduce and resist colonial violence at home ("Living My Family Through Colonialism" by Verna St. Denis), in schools ("Toxic Encounters: What's Whiteness Doing in a Nice Field Like Education?" by Sheelah McLean), within the healthcare system ("How Indigenous-Specific Racism Is Coached into Health Systems" by Barry Lavallee and Laurie Harding) and criminal justice systems ("'Within this Architecture of Oppression, We Are a Vibrant Community': Indigenous Prairie Prisoner Organizing during COVID-19" by Nancy van Styvendale). The next arc is comprised of three chapters which elucidate how colonial violence is reproduced within "helper" identities, namely, white women ("Tracing the Harmful Patterns of White Settler Womanhood" by Willow Samara Allen), teachers ("Policing Indigenous Students: The School/Prison Nexus in the Canadian Prairies" by Amanda Gebhard), and police officers ("The Stories We Tell: Indigenous Women and Girls' Narratives on Police Violence" by Megan Scribe).

The Business Relationship Between Taiwan and China from the Development and Economic Perspective

Taiwan has achieved impressive economic growth from an agricultural state to produce the globes most advanced semiconductors. No less dynamic and exciting are the political developments on the island. Once a colony under the Dutch, Chinese and Japanese flags, the island has become quasi-autonomous. The abolition of martial law and the transformation into one of the world's most democratic nations are impressive. High education levels, an exceptionally well handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a non-corrupt government pushing future technology and supporting Taiwan's democratic path make Taiwan an attractive investment target. One look at the facts is enough to see that the Taiwanese are happy with their current system and enjoy great space. One country and two systems are not a good solution for Taiwan politically and economically. In principle, Taiwan has only one option: keep the status quo, minimize provocations against China, and hope for a diplomatic and acceptable outcome to the situation. At the same time, the government must promote itself in the free world and conclude free trade and other mutual exchange agreements.

Parliamentary Declarations in 2021

Statements Made on the Introduction of Legislation / Déclarations sur l’introduction de la législation United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act / Loi sur la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act / Loi de mise en œuvre de l’Accord de continuité commerciale Canada–Royaume-Uni Statements in Response to Questions / Déclarations en réponse aux questions environment / environnement Biodiversity / Biodiversité Climate Change / Changement climatique Energy / Énergie foreign affairs / affaires étrangères Iran Israel / Israël Myanmar Russia / Russie Taiwan / Taïwan Ukraine United States / États-Unis health / santé COVID-19 human rights / droits de la personne Anti-Semitism / Antisémitisme Canadians Abroad / Canadiens à l’étranger China / Chine Ethiopia / Éthiopie Hong Kong Sri Lanka humanitarian intervention and aid / aide et intervention humanitaire Ethiopia / Éthiopie Palestine migration Immigration Refugees / Réfugiés trade and economy / commerce et économie Aerospace / Aérospatiale Agriculture Arms Trafficking / Trafic d’armes Electric Vehicle Tax Credit / Crédit d’impôt pour l’achat de véhicules électriques Foreign Workers / Travailleurs étrangers Investment / Investissements Newcomers / Nouveaux arrivants Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) / Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) Pipelines / Oléoducs Security / Sécurité Softwood Lumber / Bois d’œuvre résineux Supply Management / Gestion de l’offre Taxation / Fiscalité Tourism / Tourisme Trade Agreements / Accords commerciaux Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) / Accord économique et commercial global entre le Canada et l’Union européenne (AÉCG) Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States (CUSMA) / Accord entre le Canada, les États-Unis d’Amérique et les États-Unis mexicains (ACÉUM) Trade in Weapons / Ventes d’armes Vaccines / Vaccins Women in Business / Femmes entrepreneures World Trade Organization / Organisation mondiale du commerce Statements Made on the Introduction of Legislation / Déclarations sur l’introduction de la législation bill c-15: united nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples act / loi c-15: loi sur la déclaration des nations unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones 1 L’hon. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2 is an international human rights instrument that affirms the rights that constitute the minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of indigenous peoples. The bill makes a number of important statements in the preamble by acknowledging the importance of the Declaration as a framework for reconciliation, healing and peace;recognizing inherent rights;acknowledging the importance of respecting treaties and agreements;and emphasizing the need to take diversity across and among indigenous peoples into account in implementing the legislation. By requiring the Government of Canada to, first, take measures to align federal law with the Declaration in clause 5;second, to develop an action plan in consultation and co-operation with indigenous peoples in clause 6;and third, to report to Parliament annually on progress in clause 7, Bill C-15 proposes a clear pathway to stronger, more resilient relationships between the government and indigenous peoples.

Forced to uphold white supremacy, until we couldn’t anymore

The very practice of medicine perpetuates colonialism and racism on multiple levels, such as erroneously including race as a risk factor for disease and the dominance of Euro-ethnocentric scientific methods in medicine. In both nations, Indigenous communities are still fighting for greater sovereignty, fundamental human rights, including access to health care, and religious rights and are facing discrimination at the intersections of class, religion, colour, gender, and race. [...]there has been a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and mortality among South Asian communities in Canada due to factors such as low wages, no paid sick leave, job insecurity, overcrowded housing, and poor health-care access. Asian women who fight for Black and Indigenous rights run counter to stereotyped expectations by having strong opinions and insisting on being seen and heard. [...]we stall in mid-level roles, or alternatively are unsupported and even punished for being justice-oriented if we take up leadership roles.

Building back better through feminist entrepreneurship policy

Purpose>Most feminists policies are aspirational. Deficiencies include vague terms of what constitutes ‘feminist’ within policy, ambiguous investment criteria, lack of consultation and the use of the binary definition of gender negating gender-diverse people (Tiessen, 2019). The purpose of this study is to identify parameters that characterize feminist entrepreneurship policies and to advance recommendations to operationalize these policies.Design/methodology/approach>The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled fragilities in the socio-economic gains that women entrepreneurs have achieved. Gender-regression is, in part, the product of entrepreneurship policies that fail to recognize the nature and needs of women entrepreneurs. To inform recovery measures, this article considers two research questions: what are the parameters of feminist entrepreneurship policies? and how can parameters of feminist entrepreneurship policy be operationalized in pandemic recovery measures? To inform the questions, the study draws on the academic literature and thematic analysis of three collective feminist action plans to operationalize ten parameters that characterize feminist entrepreneurship policy.Findings>Supplanting ‘feminist’ for women in the construction of entrepreneurship policies, without specifications of how parameters differ dilutes government's efforts to achieve gender quality and women's economic empowerment. To inform policy, recommendations of three feminist recovery policies clustered under seven themes: importance of addressing root causes of inequality;need to invest in social and economic outcomes;economic security;enhancing access to economic resources;investment in infrastructure;inclusive decision-making;and need for gender disaggregated data to inform policy. Differences in policy priorities between collective feminist recovery plans and the academic literature are reported.Research limitations/implications>The parameters of feminist entrepreneurial policy require further interpretation and adaptation in different policy, cultural and geo-political contexts. Scholarly attention might focus on advisory processes that inform feminist policies, such as measures to address gender-regressive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research is also needed to understand the impacts of feminist policies on the lived experiences of diverse women entrepreneurs. Limitations: The study design did not incorporate viewpoints of policymakers or capture bureaucratic boundary patrolling practices that stymie feminist policies. Thematic analysis was limited to three feminist recovery plans from two countries.Practical implications>Recommendations to operationalize feminist entrepreneurship policies in the context of pandemic recovery are described.Originality/value>Ten parameters of feminist entrepreneurship policy are explored. The conceptual study also advances a framework of feminist entrepreneurship policy and considers boundary conditions for when and how the parameters are applicable.

La consulta previa en el marco electoral 2020-2021 en Nuevo León, México: una herramienta de participación política para los pueblos indígenas

El artículo tiene el objetivo general de analizar los resultados de la Consulta Previa, Libre e Informada ejecutada en el marco del proceso electoral 2020-2021 en Nuevo León para la implementación de acciones afirmativas. Los objetivos específicos se construyen a partir de las variables 1) Grado de participación y 2) Calidad de la decisión tomada, que a su vez se componen de una serie de indicadores presentados en este escrito. El estudio se realiza desde un enfoque cualitativo que parte del trabajo etnográfico del equipo de investigación que estuvo presente durante el proceso de consulta en una modalidad virtual debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. Además de la revisión de documentos de los acuerdos vinculantes resultantes de esta consulta. Posterior a ello se solicitó a la Comisión Estatal Electoral, mediante la Plataforma de Transparencia INFOMEX-NL, información relacionada a los puntos tratados durante la consulta con respecto a las candidaturas de personas indígenas que participaron en la jornada electoral. Se concluye que la calidad de la decisión tomada durante la consulta desemboca en una bifurcación de resultados orientados meramente a la implementación de acciones afirmativas, obteniendo resultados satisfactorios. Y otra que partía de una serie de recomendaciones hechas a las autoridades Legislativas y Ejecutivas en el marco de la consulta y que se encontraban estrechamente vinculadas al reconocimiento de derechos de las colectividades indígenas en la entidad, mismas de las cuales no se ha consolidado respuesta alguna.Alternate :The article has the general objective of analyzing the results of the Prior, Free and Informed Consultation carried out within the framework of the 2020-2021 electoral process in Nuevo León for the implementation of affirmative actions. The specific objectives are constructed from the variables 1) Degree of participation and 2) Quality of the decision taken, which in turn are made up of a series of indicators presented in this writing. The study is carried out from a qualitative approach that starts from the ethnographic work of the research team that was present during the consultation process in a virtual modality due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the review of documents of the binding agreements resulting from this consultation. Subsequently, the State Electoral Commission was requested, through the INFOMEX-NL Transparency Platform, information related to the points discussed during the consultation with respect to the candidacies of indigenous people who participated in the election day. It is concluded that the quality of the decision taken during the consultation leads to a bifurcation of results oriented merely to the implementation of affirmative actions, obtaining satisfactory results. And another that was based on a series of recommendations made to the Legislative and Executive authorities in the framework of the consultation and that were closely linked to the recognition of the rights of indigenous communities in the entity, of which no response has been consolidated.

Social media usage and its impact on users’ mental health: a longitudinal study and inputs to policymakers

Purpose>This paper aims to provide a systematic meta-analysis from the year 2000 up to 2021 by reviewing relevant studies in extant literature related to the impact of social media on mental health.Design/methodology/approach>This study adopts bibliometric methods and longitudinal statistical analysis to analyze extant literature. The structured literature review and meta-analysis findings on social media usage (SMU) and its impact on mental health indicate emerging research patterns in potentially leading to an integrative view.Findings>This paper highlights the importance of challenges regarding SMU and its impact on users’ mental health. This study shows interesting meta-analysis on the issues such as Facebook and teenagers’ mental health;Instagram and teenagers’ mental health;Twitter and teenagers’ mental health;and so on from the past 20 years.Research limitations/implications>This paper is a literature review on a critical social issue like SMU and its impact on users’ mental health. The meta-analysis is conducted only on the indexed paper and does not take the books, blogs and other kinds of literature in this domain. The analysis is carried out only for the research articles published from 2000 to 2021.Practical implications>Social media refers to any platform involving interactive digital technologies that encourage and facilitate users’ participation. SMU and its impact on users’ mental health can be attributed as contributing factors to the next global crisis. Studies suggest that increased SMU can potentially make users socially anxious. This study provides input to the policymakers, scholars and practitioners to understand the gravity of the situation and develop appropriate policy to overcome the challenges.Originality/value>The rapidly evolving nature of technology and social media calls for a careful examination of its risks despite the many benefits of e-participation and digital interaction. Although there is widespread acknowledgment of the problematic revelation that the pattern of SMU closely mirrors mainstream addictive behavior;yet, there are only a limited number of comparative studies available. This may be one of the few studies which highlight the issue of SMU and its impact on users’ mental health. Moreover, this study also adds to the body of literature.