The Locus Effect Analysis
The Locus Effect, by Gary Haugan and Victor Boutros, discusses the many ways violence manifest itself in developing countries and the impact it has on families trying to get out of poverty. Haugan and Boutros described the “Locus” as the destroyer, as it destroys food, farm work, and any effort for one to build a life free from violence, abuse, and inequities. There are many things Haugan and Boutros highlighted that we have spoken about in this class, including how violence destroys efforts for girls to get educated, and how violence, in terms of food security, starts wars and continues cycles of poverty.
Haugan and Boutros touched based on how violence takes away opportunities for girls to receive an education. In some developing countries, girls are fearful of leaving their homes because they are threatened by the violence surrounding them, where they face being raped, and having acid thrown at their faces. In some places, their tradition doesn’t allow for girls to receive an education, which stops many women from challenging the systems that fuels violence.
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These food crises create poverty and hardship in developing countries and have even started wars. Clinton highlights how food security is human security. In fact, the ones most affected by food shortages are the farmers behind these markets. In “Now Our Children Will Eat,” Oxfam discusses how farmers struggle the most in food crises because they are heavily dependent on their farms to live. Their farms feed their families and provide the money for them to receive health care. Food crises such as with low crop yields or devastation to their crops threaten their security to live at peace. In these developing countries, farmers and their families are abused in this way and the locus effect insures that they remain impoverished and
Haugan and Boutros touched based on how violence takes away opportunities for girls to receive an education. In some developing countries, girls are fearful of leaving their homes because they are threatened by the violence surrounding them, where they face being raped, and having acid thrown at their faces. In some places, their tradition doesn’t allow for girls to receive an education, which stops many women from challenging the systems that fuels violence.
In “Secretary of …show more content…
These food crises create poverty and hardship in developing countries and have even started wars. Clinton highlights how food security is human security. In fact, the ones most affected by food shortages are the farmers behind these markets. In “Now Our Children Will Eat,” Oxfam discusses how farmers struggle the most in food crises because they are heavily dependent on their farms to live. Their farms feed their families and provide the money for them to receive health care. Food crises such as with low crop yields or devastation to their crops threaten their security to live at peace. In these developing countries, farmers and their families are abused in this way and the locus effect insures that they remain impoverished and