Climate change, migration and human rights in Bangladesh: Perspectives on governance

Naser, Mostafa Mahmud; Swapan, Mohammad Shahidul Hasan; Ahsan, Reazul; Afroz, Tanzim; Ahmed, Sabrina

doi:10.1111/apv.12236

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“…Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate variability and fluctuation 39 40. A quarter of the land in Bangladesh is barely above sea level and is susceptible to the effects of seawater rise and increased salinity due to climate change.…”

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Indirect effects of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on the coverage of essential maternal and newborn health services in a rural subdistrict in Bangladesh: results from a cross-sectional household survey

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ObjectiveThis paper presents the effect of the early phase of COVID-19 on the coverage of essential maternal and newborn health (MNH) services in a rural subdistrict of Bangladesh.DesignCross-sectional household survey with random sampling.SettingBaliakandi subdistrict, Rajbari district, Bangladesh.ParticipantsData were collected from women who were on the third trimester of pregnancy during the early phase of the pandemic (111) and pre-pandemic periods (115) to measure antenatal care (ANC) service coverage. To measure birth, postnatal care (PNC) and essential newborn care (ENC), data were collected from women who had a history of delivery during the early phase of the pandemic (163) and pre-pandemic periods (166).ExposureEarly phase of the pandemic included a strict national lockdown between April and June 2020, and pre-pandemic was defined as August–October 2019.Outcome of interestChanges in the coverage of selected MNH services (ANC, birth, PNC, ENC) during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic compared with the pre-pandemic period, estimated by two-sample proportion tests.FindingsAmong women who were on the third trimester of pregnancy during the early phase of the pandemic period, 77% (95% CI: 70% to 85%) received at least one ANC from a medically trained provider (MTP) during the third trimester, compared with 83% (95% CI: 76% to 90%) during the pre-pandemic period (p=0.33). Among women who gave birth during the early phase of the pandemic period, 72% (95% CI: 66% to 79%) were attended by an MTP, compared with 63% (95% CI: 56% to 71%) during the pre-pandemic period (p=0.08). Early initiation of breast feeding was practised among 38% (95% CI: 31% to 46%) of the babies born during the early phase of the pandemic period. It was 37% (95% CI: 29% to 44%) during the pre-pandemic period (p=0.81). The coverage of ANC, birth, PNC and ENC did not differ by months of pandemic and pre-pandemic periods; only the coverage of at least one ANC from an MTP significantly differed among the women who were 7 months pregnant during the early phase of the pandemic (35%, 95% CI: 26% to 44%) and pre-pandemic (49%, 95% CI: 39% to 58%) (p=0.04).ConclusionThe effect of the early phase of the pandemic including lockdown on the selected MNH service coverage was null in the study area. The nature of the lockdown, the availability and accessibility of private sector health services in that area, and the combating strategies at the rural level made it possible for the women to avail the required MNH services.

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Indirect effects of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on the coverage of essential maternal and newborn health services in a rural subdistrict in Bangladesh: results from a cross-sectional household survey

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“…The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of immigrant influx on environmental outcomes and access to what extent the local governance has responded to the environmental pressure caused by migration influx, especially in the context of increasing climate-induced migration, so as to provide an empirical basis for local governments to deal with the challenge of environmental pressure. Regardless of the reason for migration, the impacts on the receiving locations should be very similar (Naser et al , 2019; Palinkas, 2020).…”

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Environmental outcomes of climate migration and local governance: an empirical study of Ontario

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Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of migration growth on environmental outcomes and local governance and assess how well the existing local municipal governance has responded to the environmental impact of increased migration influx in Ontario, Canada using the annual data during 2012–2021. Design/methodology/approach This study used the grey relational analysis (GRA) to examine the correlation degree between migrant growth, environmental outcomes and local governance, used coupling coordination degree model (CCDM) to access to what extent the existing local governance systems have responded to the environmental impact of immigrant growth. Findings Results show that higher immigrant populations are associated with worse environmental outcomes and the need for more municipal environmental investment and service. The present local municipal environmental service in Ontario lags behind in response to the environmental impacts of increased migration. Good local governance practices and environmental services are required to improve the environmental adaptation capacity of host countries to migrant influx. Originality/value Climate change has been regarded as an important driver of internal and international human migration. The mass influxes of migrants will threaten cities’ environmental quality and put considerable pressure on municipal services. This study provides empirical evidence for Ontario’s municipal environmental governance and relevant authorities on how to deal with the environmental impact of increased migration and contributes to call the attention of other countries to the urban environmental pressure caused by migration influx due to the changing climate world wide.

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“…Socioeconomically vulnerable people encounter more displacement compared to wealthier people due to a lack of government supports in both the developed and the developing countries (Jayawardhan 2017). Related to the effects of climate change on displacement and human rights, every year about 32% of people in the coastal area of Bangladesh encounter climatic hazards; in 2011, for example, 64% of local people encountered local displacement and 27% were displaced to other regions in Bangladesh (Naser et al, 2019). Many of the displaced people who migrated to Dhaka died as a result of slum fires that occur almost yearly: More than 2000 tin shacks were destroyed by fire on 18 August 2019, causing more than 3000 people to become homeless at a Mirpur slum (DW, 2019).…”

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Decolonizing Sociology for Social Justice in Bangladesh: Delta Scholarship Matters

Hossen

2022

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Sociology is one of the major disciplines to foster understanding and protection of the livelihoods of local people. For instance, the discipline can describe the linkage between the environment and people and the effects of environmental change on local groups of people in a Delta country such as Bangladesh. However, the imperial philosophy of modernity that dominates the discipline and which is evident in the Sociology department at the University of Dhaka (UofD) underscores a considerable distance between academic conceptualizations of local perspectives on issues such as climatic change and the actual views of the local people of Bangladesh. Grounded on this assertion, this paper explores a question: What are the challenges for Sociology to represent Delta people and protect their social justice? The paper depends on the content analysis of sociological practices at UofD: imperial modernity and climatic adaptation. The findings of the paper argue that Sociology has been failing to represent the local meanings of climatic change due to the domination of imperial conceptualizations of modernity. Climate finance conceptualized by a Western perspective, and Sociology, as a discipline, fails to represent locally contextualized meanings related to climate finance; thus, the marginalized groups of people are increasingly facing survival challenges responsible for climate apartheid. Only a decolonized Sociology can challenge this imperial domination and play an effective role in reducing the discipline’s gap of understanding of the local people and in promoting social justice in Delta Bangladesh.

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Climate change, migration and human rights in Bangladesh: Perspectives on governance

Cited by 30 publications

References 44 publications

Indirect effects of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on the coverage of essential maternal and newborn health services in a rural subdistrict in Bangladesh: results from a cross-sectional household survey

Indirect effects of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on the coverage of essential maternal and newborn health services in a rural subdistrict in Bangladesh: results from a cross-sectional household survey

Environmental outcomes of climate migration and local governance: an empirical study of Ontario

Decolonizing Sociology for Social Justice in Bangladesh: Delta Scholarship Matters

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