Rural Economy and Cooperation - Loyola College

SW 4982: Displacement and RehabilitationObjectives : Total hours 45• To give a global view on the displacement.• To make students understand that displacement is an important phenomenon in the currentsocio-political and economic contexts.• To expose the students on the practical aspects in dealing with displaced people.UNIT IIntroduction to Displacement: definition of terms Displaced, Refugee, Migrant, Internally displacedpeople. Types, causes and a historical background of displacement. Disaster and displacement: Typesof Disaster, causes, measuring the magnitudes of disaster.(12 hours)UNIT IIConflict and displacement: Types of conflict, causes of conflict based displacement, Refugees, IDP.World scenario of displacement. Contributing factors.(8 hours)UNIT IIIIssues in displacement: Women, Children and other marginalized communities. (Unaccompaniedchildren and trafficking of women) Survival strategies, livelihood, housing, health and nutrition,trauma, vulnerability factors, resilience.(8 hours)UNIT IVInterventions: Conducting assessments, organizing emergency relief, monitoring and evaluation. Dono harm approaches to rescue, relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction (Planning and executing acomprehensive package for long term rehabilitation) Trauma awareness and recovery. Repatriation,resettlement and integration. Early warning systems.(8 hours)UNIT VCase studies: Displacement of fishermen and slum dwellers in Tamil Nadu, Narmada displacement,Alamaty dam displacement, Latur earthquake, Orissa Super Cyclone. Tsunami Asia, RwandanGenocide, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and current trends. (9 hours)PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com