PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: World Health Organization, Structural Violence
26 Sep 2016
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Galtung: direct violence (includes physical violence: including damaging their property, insulting, etc, structural violence (social conditions that allow violence to happen) Inequality of resources and inequality of power: cultural violence. Ideas, feelings, ideologies that justify violence: galtung believes if we don"t address these three issues, we do not fully address the concept of violence. Harm is objective: people are different in the way they act to harm. Collective violence (social violence, political violence, state violence, economic violence) **violent acts can be: physical, psychological sexual, deprivation / neglect ** The social costs of violence: 740,000 people die each year / 49,000 are not affected by war situations. Living free from violence is a basic human need. It is a precondition for human development, dignity and well-being . Diplomatic initiative reductions in armed conflicts (2005( o. Developing a safe, stable, and nurturing relationships between children and their parents and caregivers .
