Occupation Justice is the right of every individual to be able to meet basic needs and to have equal opportunities and life chances to reach toward her or his potential but specific to the individuals engagement in diverse and meaningful occupation *Occupational Injustice occurs when participation in daily life occupations is restricted, prohibited, exploited marginalized and disrupted. *ABOUT THE ESSAY The essay is about finding an electronic or hardcopy media to identify local, national or international current / recent (in the last 5 years) events where geophysical, socio-cultural, attitudinal and / or legislative contexts are creating occupational injustices. The injustices can be impacting individuals, communities or populations. Examples of such current events include new urban infrastructures, government policies, natural disasters, political unrest, or war, among many others. For this specific assessment, I have given the Marawi Conflict/War that happened in the Philippines in 2017 and I have chosen a story about a family who got relocated because of the war. The story link is provided below: https://www.unhcr.org/en-au/news/latest/2018/5/5b0583c64/year-assault-marawi-city-residents-still-unable-return.html The aim of this essay is to determine what type of occupational injustice is happening in the story link provided. Description of the causes and the impact on the individual and family. *Please read the additional files uploaded to determine which type of occupational injustice is happening to the affected population. For me, the type of occupational injustice happening for the family in the story provided is OCCUPATIONAL DISRUPTION. *Occupational disruption is a state of usually TEMPORARY or transient rather than prolonged. It occurs when a person’s normal pattern of occupational engagement is disrupted due to significant life events which in this case is environmental change (relocation due to war and house being ruined). The most important thing to remember about occupational disruption is that it is a temporary state and one that, given supportive conditions resolves itself. ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS: The essay/report should be written in the following section: 1) Presentation of the situation (400 words) Aside from the story provided, investigation of different sources of electronic or paper media where the story is related can be done to help describe and present the situation in a more detailed manner. Use only mass media, blogs, news, etc. to construct this section. Appropriate links must be provided in this section. Current/recent event should be described accurately with relevant contextual information provided such as: – location of the situation – acute/chronic situation – causes of the situation – populations affected – related public policies if correspondent and etcs. This section can present the situation in general to specific manner creating a picture of the Marawi war down to what is happening with the specific story chosen, 2) Addressing the occupational injustice (600 words) This should be based on relevant and recent (at least 10 to 12 references published in the last 2009 to 2019) occupational therapy/occupational science literature. Take note that literature references should be strictly from of OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY study only. Address this section with the following aspects: * CAUSES: Describe and critically reflect from an occupational perspective on the complexities that are causing the occupational disruption happening in the story chosen (e.g cause why there is no source of income, why the person stopped from studying, why did the person got sick, etc)
