http://gavps.jibs.edu.in/index.php/gavps/issue/feed 2024-04-12T04:28:33+00:00 Editor smtp@gavps.jibs.edu.in Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Editor-in-Chief : Dr. Sanjeev P. Sahni</strong><br /><strong>Online ISSN : 2583-5335</strong><br /><strong>Frequency : Biannual</strong><br /><strong>Published Since : 2022</strong><br /><strong>Publisher(s) : Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences</strong></p> http://gavps.jibs.edu.in/index.php/gavps/article/view/42 2024-02-20T04:37:35+00:00 Tyavwase Theophilus Aver theophilusaver@yahoo.com Rita Iorbo Rita.iorbo@gmail.com

<p>This paper examined the changes of victims of farmers-herdsmen violent clashes in Benue State, Nigeria. Farmers-herdsmen violent clashes seemed to have taken dire consequences on the lives of victims in Nigeria. Many scholars associate the changes of this phenomenon with the inability to control small arms and light weapons proliferation and secure lives and property in Nigeria. The study seeks to examine the effects and coping mechanisms of victims of farmers-herdsmen violent clashes in Benue State. The paper adopts Robert Agnew’s General Strain Theory (1985) to explain the phenomenon in question. The methodology utilized in this study is both primary and secondary data. The former utilizes in-depth interviews, while the latter adopts a documentary review of the literature and statistical data analysis of the violent clashes. Findings show that clashes have led to the displacement of victims in Benue State, leaving them in vulnerable conditions. Further findings show that victims of the violent clashes continue to bear the brunt of these violent clashes as they suffer various forms of abuse such as loss of loved ones, rapes, killings and destruction of livelihood sources. It further led to a mass population of widows and widowers as many spouses got killed in the violent clashes. Other effects of these violent clashes include school drop-out due to loss of livelihoods, and funds, abuses and child labour, family separation, as well as exposure to climatic hazards. Victims of these clashes normally cope by seeking shelter in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps as well as staying with friends/relatives in places considered safe during clashes. In conclusion, the paper notes that Nigeria is bedeviled with the ills of farmers-herdsmen violent clashes which have negative consequences on the lives of victims. However, the government and other stakeholders have failed to address it sustainably. The paper recommends that the federal government must redouble its efforts to curtail the violent clashes to avoid the drift of younger people into the impunity of small arms and light weapons proliferation as well as ethnic militancy. Furthermore, the federal government should end the killings by taking decisive action by further improving security and tackling the impunity of the actors behind these violent clashes. The governments should provide immediate soft loans for victims of these violent clashes to enable them to establish small-scale business ventures that will complement their means of sustenance in either IDP camps or other host communities.</p>

2024-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Global Advances in Victimology and Psychological Studies http://gavps.jibs.edu.in/index.php/gavps/article/view/43 2024-02-20T04:51:49+00:00 Farjana Fariha ishtiaq.t@mbstu.ac.bd Ummahani Shifa ishtiaq.t@mbstu.ac.bd Mst. Safia Akter ishtiaq.t@mbstu.ac.bd Md. Ishtiaq Ahmed Talukder ishtiaq.t@mbstu.ac.bd

<p>Workplace victimisation has always been an issue of great concern in the world and also in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) industry of Bangladesh. According to the latest Export Promotion Bureau (EPL) statistics, Bangladesh is the 2nd largest RMG exporter country. However, it is a matter of fact that female garment workers, being the majority of the workforce, suffer from several forms of workplace victimisation regularly. This paper attempts to capture the overall scenario of the victimisation of female garment workers in the RMG sector in Bangladesh. Its main objective is to fill the gap in the existing literature on the current form of victimisation. All relevant issues regarding workplace victimisation of female garment workers have been analysed here using references from established journals, articles, newspapers, and associated websites of related foundations. This paper revealed that Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is the most common type of victimisation, where verbal abuse stands at the top and physical abuse is next to it. Besides these abuses, sexual harassment is the most heinous, followed by other forms of victimisation such as economic, psychological, etc. The aftereffects of this victimisation are very painful, as it leads to women’s disempowerment, which destroys their personal and familial lives. Ultimately, their contribution to the workforce is declining day by day, posing a great threat to the future of this sector. In short, having reached its peak, the RMG sector is still exploiting female garment workers, making them the worst sufferers of all in workplace victimisation.</p>

2024-04-12T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Global Advances in Victimology and Psychological Studies http://gavps.jibs.edu.in/index.php/gavps/article/view/44 2024-02-20T05:01:07+00:00 Ashwani Kumar GAVPS@jgu.edu.in

<p>No Abstract.</p>

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<p>No Abstract.</p>

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<p>No Abstract.</p>

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