Contesting Rights in Urban Development
Contesting Rights in Urban Development: A Case Study on Air Pollution in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia Author: Wira Agung Swadana Many people have stopped wearing masks because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The WHO Director-General has declared the end of the Covid-19 pandemic as a global public health emergency in early May 2023 (UN News, 2023). The Indonesian […]
The Internet as an Intensified Avenue for Violence Against Women in Pandemic Times
The Internet as an Intensified Avenue for Violence Against Women in Pandemic Times: An Exploration Author: Louisa Andrews In 2015, a 29-year-old Australian man named Chris Hall screenshotted a selfie that Olivia Melville posted on her Tinder profile (Lattouf, 2016). The photograph had a suggestive caption taken from a song lyric by the singer, Nicki […]
Responding COVID-19 Requires Accountable and Responsive Actions
Responding COVID-19 Requires Accountable and Responsive Actions Auhors: Neetu Pokharel and Som Prasad Niroula Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González Background: The COVID-19 has posed the unprecedented global health crisis including Nepal, that has also been pushing us into fear and anxiety. The coronavirus has spread almost all geographical units of Nepal. As of September […]
Vacuna ¿Para todas las personas? Desigualdades estructurales en Latinoamérica
Vacuna ¿Para todas las personas? Desigualdades estructurales en Latinoamérica Autor: Matías Mora Traducido al inglés por Gilma Cristina Sánchez Cossio El 31 de Diciembre del año 2020 (Organización Mundial de la Salud, 2020) salió la noticia acerca del descubrimiento de la Vacuna contra el virus de Covid-19 de parte de algunas compañías farmacéuticas hablando acerca […]
Educación virtual a través de la plataforma Teams: ¿Es inclusiva?
Educación virtual a través de la plataforma Teams: ¿Es inclusiva? Autora: Katherine Fernández Rojas Traducido al inglés por Florencia Prieto La apuesta por una educación virtual en tiempos de pandemia La pandemia COVID-19 ha traído consigo cambios de manera impensable alrededor del mundo. ¿Estaban las personas preparadas para todos los cambios que implica una pandemia? […]
Moral Lessons Humanity Should Learn from the Coronavirus Pandemic
Amidst the shocking waves of the coronavirus pandemic that has struck the world, Jerry Locula shares his thoughts on how he sees the world today, and how the world will never be the same again. He highlights that peace is not squarely the absence of war, thereby auguring that the coronavirus has derailed personal peace and societal peace. He urges humanity to appreciate every little thing that was once taken for granted before arrival of the coronavirus. He believes the world has changed and new normal has arrived at the doorsteps of human culture. Jerry urges every individual person to show a little bit of love and kindness so that our world will be a better place and at peace for all.
Pandemics and Religious Responses
For this research, three pandemics Covid-19, The Black Death, and The Spanish Flu are studied to understand how religion has played a role during these pandemics.
Virtual Mental Health Services During COVID-19 Epidemic in China
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic emerged in Wuhan, China, spread nationwide last December and then swept the globe in early 2020. After being declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on January, COVID-19 was later announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) as pandemic in March (WHO,2020). Apart from the serious threats to people’s physical health, the COVID-19 epidemic also has significant psychological consequences, such as panic disorder, anxiety and depression that affect people more than the disease itself and possess the possibility of transforming collective trauma to generational trauma. The essay focuses on the mental health services provided in China and its virtual nature as the salient characteristic, summarizes the progression of virtual psychological interventions, analyzes the challenges of the online mental health services during COVID-19 epidemic in China.