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violent and delinquent behavior. Extending such work to monitor
and tackle violent radicalization and terrorism is a natural next
step, but not yet done. We encourage governments to take steps to
provide health surveys and censuses that ask about aspects of
violent radicalization and group cohesion as relevant health and
social issues, and not only as a criminal justice issue. 100
The International Classification of Diseases and CDC now has codes
for deaths and injuries from terrorist acts; 101 this offers a system of
monitoring that is closely aligned to other public health
surveillance programs. Its implementation can offer governments
in South Asia an objective, apolitical look at global terrorismrelated
deaths and circumstances in which they occur. This is
crucial in an environment of widespread violence, coupled with
low levels of social and political education.
In the sections that follow, we provide region and country-specific
approaches to monitoring the terrorist groups that have been presented in
Part 1 of this report, and we outline how the problems that they present can
be mitigated. This is not a comprehensive blueprint for the implementation
of working policies, rather, it will serve to inform the relevant parties of the
desired direction for future policy decisions.
Nation-Spe cific Policy Re c o m m e n da t i o n s
Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir
With a high electoral turnout at the Legislative Assembly elections
in December 2014, Kashmir has indicated that it is prepared to give
democratic politics under Indian rule a chance. This is an
opportunity to stabilize the situation in Jammu and Kashmir that
must not be wasted. The new Legislative Assembly government,
under Indian appointed governor Narinder Nath Vohar, and a
power sharing agreement between the Peoples’ Democratic Party
(PDP) and the BJP must:
a) Invest significant efforts in tackling unemployment. J&K has the
highest rate of unemployment in North India, 102 combining
frustration, and poverty disenfranchisement.
b) Implement policies to reduce poverty and inequality, as well as
improve support for families, including but not limited to:
increasing social assistance and economic development
schemes, employment creation, improved education, parental
leave, maternal employment and child care arrangements; all of
which are likely to reduce the appeal of violence. 103
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