Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security & Governance, Delhi, India in collaboration with Amity Institute of Liberal Arts, Amity University Mumbai; Centre for Conflict Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, USA; Security Women, United Kingdom; Department of International Relations; Central University of Jharkhand, India; Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India, and Department of International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh is going to organize a three-day International Conference on Human Security and Governance between 23-25 February 2022 [10.00 am – 8.00 pm IST].
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The second day of the IIHSG International Conference on Human Security and Governance begins at 10:00 am with lots of enthusiasm. On Thursday, day 2, the International Conference occurred from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM in the evening.
4th Panel of the Conference
The panel started at 10:00 am sharp with the theme revolving around Human Security, Governance, nationalism, and minority rights. The session was chaired by Dr. Pushpa Iyer and co-chaired by Beryl Anand, with the 1st speaker being Prof. William Godzik. He discussed “The Militarization of Public Security in the Americas: A big mistake for governance and Human
Rights or a necessary evil.” Dr. Ram Puniyani presented his paper on “Rise of sectarian Nationalism in India.” He discussed the recent happenings and minority rights violations in India.
After him, Jeya Murugan presented his paper on “Mahaweli: River for reconcilation or structural genocide in Sri Lanka”; Father Cedric Prakash on “Human Rights: Essential for good governance” and Dr. Kamlesh Pritwani.
The session was very interactive, with 10 minutes Discussion Session after every presentation. The main points discussed in the session were the state’s divorce with religion and minority rights.
Panel 5 of the conference
Panel 5 started at 12:05 pm with
Nutan Mariyam presented her paper on Green Technology; Ms. Arti Ghabru on “Economic Tour delivered from Plants to fight bioterrorism.” “Addressing the impact of Climate Change on Human Security” by Nirupama AK; “Understanding the interlinkages between energy consumption and Human Security in Empirical Research” by Saket Pandey; “Engendered Environmental Peacebuilding in Tibet, Northeast India, and Bangladesh” By Vani Bharadwaj; “State of Human Security and Sustainable Development in Nigeria” by Chinnah Promise.
The session was wrapped up by 2:30 pm.
Panel 6 of the conference
Panel 6 begin with the theme ‘Women in Governance and Human Security. Dr. Nima John, Head of Institute, Amity School of Communication, Amity University Mumbai, chaired it. The co-chair was Dr. Kiran Walia, Assistant Professor, Amity School of Communication, Amity University Mumbai.
The brainstorming session revolving around feminism started with Dr. Shashi Verma’s paper on ‘Domestic Violence Act-2005: Women Security’. Then Imran Ahmed Khan presented his paper on ‘Half-widows in Kashmir: The victims of Armed conflicted society’; Ekta Mishra on ‘Women Empowerment through Khadi Industries: Trends and Prospects’ and Ungku Khairunnisa on ‘Self and other representations of female sympathizers of ISIS.’
Other papers presented in the session were ‘Apprehending the plight of women during the conflicts- A case study of Khushwant Singh’s Delhi-A Novel’ by Priyanka Marwaha; ‘Women Security and Governance’ by Radhika Mittal; ‘Women participation in governance in Manipur’ by Yamnam Bijiyakumari; ‘Impact of pandemic and lockdown on women’ by Dr. Sanjeda Warsi and Dr. Anjum Aara Shameem; ‘Ongoing pandemic and its impact on Women trafficking in India’ by Dr. Amrita Banerji and ‘The Unheard Voices: A case study of girl child soldiers in Congo’ by Dr. Gauri Narain Mathur.
The chairs reviewed the papers. The session ended with the note that women’s rights are human rights, and women’s security is human security.
Panel 7 of the International conference
This was a special panel organized by Women Security, a UK-based NGO. The convener was Dr. Juliet Colman, founder of Security Women, and Barbara Cleary, Chairperson, and trustee of Women security, who also moderated the session.
The session discusses women’s insecurity in the UN, UK, Bangladesh, India, and other regions. The panelists were Jane Townsley, Executive director of International Association of Women police; Nabila Ferdaus; Anna Dolidze, former Georgian Attorney; Shazia Manzoor and Shamikhah Hamid.
After that, Pankaj Kumar presented a paper on ‘Cybercrime against women in India: Issues and Challenges’; Shreya Sharma on ‘Gender security in the domestic sphere’; Md. Rafeek on ‘Human Security: Commonalities- differences and gender’ and Pratibha Sen on ‘Role of governance in India in security: Women security in India.’
The session was very interactive and fascinating. Everyone has a lot to take with them after the session.
Panel 8 of the conference
The theme of the 8th panel was ‘Human security and governance.’ The chair members were Gilbert D. Moralista, Professor Pangasinan University, Philippines, and Dr. Nitesh Bhatia, Assistant Professor, Central University of Jharkhand.
The papers presented in the session were ‘Beekeeping on human security and poverty reduction in the Northeast Region of India’ by Sukhomat Deb; ‘Rethinking human security approach for responding to COVID in India’ by Dr. Prakash Parekh and ‘Looking community participation and Governance through the lens of ecotourism: A case study of Umswai valley in Assam’ by Kaumudi Mahanta.
Sandeep Khakase presented a paper on ‘Corporate governance and ‘Saam daam and bhed’ policy of Kautilya and Alok Suman Sharma on ‘The Shrinking space of civil society in tribal development and its impact on human security in Jharkhand.’
Last panel of the day
The theme of the last panel was ‘Governance, state politics, and Human security. The chair was Mr. Alok Kumar Gupta, HOD, International Department, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan. The co-chair was Dr. Divya Mishra, Assistant professor, political science, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya.
The papers presented were ‘Corruption-Human Security-Governance nexus: Does human development matter?’ by Sneha Singh and Sovik Mukherjee; ‘Making the changes in BJP led coalition government in Manipur’ by Naorem Malemsanba Meetei and ‘Implementing Human Security: What’s the role for responsibility to protect(R2P) by Raymond Lau.
All the sessions were highly knowledgeable. A wide range of topics was discussed, and everyone had something to think about after the conference. The remaining papers will be presented from 10:00 am onwards tomorrow.
