global issues and initiatives
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Enarson, Elaine > [ed]
- Creator
- Chakrabarti, P.G. Dhar > [ed]
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2009
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2009
- Thesaurus
- milieu, terrorisme, oorlog en vrede, gender mainstreaming, acties, vrouwenorganisaties, internationale organisaties, bundel
- Description
- This book 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 resource management. The authors emphasize that these strengths in women, which are required for building resilience to hazards and disasters, are frequently overlooked.