TY  - BOOK
AU  - Enarson,Elaine Pitt
AU  - Dhar Chakrabarti,P.G.
TI  - Women, gender and disaster: global issues and initiatives 
SN  - 9788132104803
AV  - HV553 .W63 2009eb
U1  - 363.34/8082 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Sage
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Women
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Catastrophes
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - Rôle selon le sexe
KW  - sex role
KW  - aat
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Disasters & Disaster Relief
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Foreword; Preface; Part One: Understanding Gender Relations in Disaster; 1 -- Sex, Gender and Gender Relations in Disasters; 2 -- A Gender Perspective on Disaster Risk Reduction; 3 -- Let's Share the Stage: Involving Men in Gender Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction; 4 -- Organising for Risk Reduction: The Honolulu Call to Action; Part Two: Gendered Challenges and Responses in Disasters; 5 -- Reducing Disaster Risk through Community Resilience in the Himalayas
N2  - Women, Gender and Disaster: Global Issues and Initiatives examines gender within the context of disaster risk management. It argues for gender mainstreaming as an effective strategy towards achieving disaster risk reduction and mitigating post-disaster gender disparity. Highlighting that gender inequalities pervade all aspects of life, it analyses the failure to implement inclusive and gender-sensitive approaches to relief and rehabilitation work. While examining positive strategies for change, the collection focuses on women's knowledge, capabilities, leadership and experience in community re
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