This study examines how Greek-Cypriot students aged 12 to 18, an understudied group of students, construct their ethnic identity in a complex setting such as Cyprus and what motivates the students in the selection of ethnic identity labels. The choice to focus on students aged 12-18 was made on the hypothesis that young children, who did not experience the 1974 war in Cyprus, may have a differe...

This study explores building peace in post-conflict areas the West Kalimantan area, Indonesia, especially among Muslim communities that had experienced ethnic conflict 1999. qualitative research with a phenomenological approach observes and conducts in-depth interviews community, both Malay Sambas Madurese. In addition, author also conducted several religious leaders Kalimantan. found there are...

The Maasai of northern Tanzania, a semi-nomadic ethnic group predominantly reliant on pastoralism, face a number of challenges anticipated to have negative impacts on child health, including marginalisation, vulnerabilities to drought, substandard service provision and on-going land grabbing conflicts. Yet, stemming from a lack of appropriate national survey data, no large-scale comparative stu...

In an ethnically diverse society cultural competence is indispensable for medical doctors. At present 10% of the Dutch population are first- or second-generation non-Western immigrants. With 8% Western and 18% non-Western immigrants, originating from 30 different countries, the 2001 Rotterdam first-year students highly out-rated the national average of immigrant medical students. Diverse studen...

Background Burma/Myanmar was controlled by a military regime for over 50 years. Many basic social and protection services have been neglected, specifically in the ethnic areas. Development in these areas was led by the ethnic non-state actors to ensure care and the availability of health services for the communities living in the border ethnic-controlled areas. Political changes in Burma/Myanma...

BACKGROUND For many countries where malaria is endemic, the burden of malaria is high in border regions. In ethnic minority areas along the Myanmar-China border, residents have poor access to medical care for diagnosis and treatment, and there have been many malaria outbreaks in such areas. Since 2007, with the support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), a malari...

Myanmar has been suffering from ethnic conflicts for approximately 70 years. The instability remains ongoing, and villagers in ceasefire areas are vulnerable. To ensure that no one is left behind, sustainable development these should consider local needs. objective of this study was to identify the living conditions required by such they do not exacerbate conflicts. We interviewed stakeholders ...

In recent years, the growing number of public administration literature has concerned effectiveness decentralization to deal with ethnic conflicts. This issue is rising up due several failure reports manage social conflicts and regional tension that possibly evolve into secessionism. paper intended explore performance symmetric asymmetric occurred in Indonesia Thailand. descriptive study was co...

Conflicts between ethnic groups can threaten group survival and exacerbate son preference in conformity with the traditional role of men as defenders. We study impact Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh region on subnational variation sex ratios among children Armenia that has one world’s highest at birth. Difference-in-differences analysis shows communities closer to have higher ...

Abstract We examine whether politically irrelevant events can cause conflicts, by analyzing the effects of professional football games in Europe on protests Africa—an unintended spillover across continents. By expanding psychological theories, we argue that outcomes affect African people's subjective evaluation domestic politicians, which turn trigger protests. exploiting as-if random variation...