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Structural violence occurs "whenever persons are harmed, maimed, or killed by poverty and unjust social, political, and economic institutions, systems, or structures" [81] Structural violence can contribute to worse health outcomes through either harming or killing victims, just like armed violence can have these effects. [81]
The Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders was held in New York City between August 28–31, 2000. The meeting recognized the importance of religion to world peace and faith leaders’ commitment to peacekeeping, poverty relief, and environmental conservation.
Religious violence, like all forms of violence, is a cultural process which is context-dependent and highly complex. [9] Thus, oversimplifications of religion and violence often lead to misguided understandings of the causes for acts of violence, as well as oversight of their rarity. [9]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department's 2023 religious freedom report on India noted violent attacks on minority groups, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults ...
Health outcomes of those in poverty can also be determined by spatial, or geographic, location which is another aspect of the environment. Opportunities for healthcare, goods and services like food, and community are all based on geography. [12] Childhood/early adulthood settings highly influence behavior, education, and careers. [12]
A data based scientific empirical research, which studied the impact of dynastic politics on the level of poverty of the provinces, found a positive correlation between dynastic politics and poverty; i.e. the higher proportion of dynastic politicians in power in a province leads to higher poverty rate. [338]
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More than 3000 empirical studies have examined relationships between religion and health, including more than 1200 in the 20th century, [5] and more than 2000 additional studies between 2000 and 2009. [6] Various other reviews of the religion/spirituality and health literature have been published.