| ID | 131348 |
| Title Proper | Women, migration and well-being |
| Other Title Information | building epistemological resilience through ontologies of wholeness and relationship |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Williams, Lewis ; Hall, Laura |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Today, the less desirable fruits of the Western growth paradigm are readily apparent as we are confronted with significant threats to our collective well-being. Such threats include: environmental degradation, increasing health, wealth and power disparities, forced migrations and on-going violent conflicts between groups. These problems have been recognized as interrelated with the same root cause: the almost total dominance of the particular assumptions, worldview and social practices of the modern paradigm.2 Correspondingly, it is increasingly argued that human security and well-being are closely connected to linking social and ecological resilience through the re-integration of onto-epistemologies3 of deep interconnectedness into human progress and well-being narratives, worldviews closely associated with Indigenous and other traditional peoples.4 Paradoxically, it is these same peoples, particularly impoverished women and children, who have often borne the brunt of the modernist development paradigm. Whether through inter-racial and ethnic conflict, or for environmental or economic reasons, these seemingly disparate communities are often similarly positioned at the margins of society as a result of forced migration, ensuing cultural dislocation and resulting psycho-spiritual distress. |
| `In' analytical Note | Global Change Peace and Security Vol.26, No.2; June 2014: p.211-221 |
| Journal Source | Global Change Peace and Security Vol.26, No.2; June 2014: p.211-221 |
| Key Words | International Order ; Epistemological Resilience ; Ontologies ; Migration ; Diaspora ; Human Security ; Western Impact ; Growth Paradigm ; Threat ; Violence ; Ethnic Conflicts ; Civil War ; Cultural Dislocation ; Economic Reasons |