Women, Gender and Disaster : Global Issues and Initiatives

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 resource management. The authors emphasize that these strengths in women, which are required for building resilience to hazards and disasters, are frequently overlooked. This timely book will be extremely useful to policy makers and professionals active in the field of disaster management and to academics and students in gender studies, social work, environmental studies and development studies. This Work 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. Sex, Gender And Gender Relations In Disasters / Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabandu -- A Gender Perspective On Disaster Risk Reduction / Helena Molin Valdés -- Let's Share The Stage : Involving Men In Gender Equality And Disaster Risk Reduction / Prafulla Mishra -- Organising For Risk Reduction: The Honolulu Call To Action / Cheryl L. Anderson -- Reducing Disaster Risk Through Community Resilience In The Himalayas / Manjari Mehta -- Gender Perspectives On Disaster Reconstruction In Nicaragua : Reconstructing Roles And Relations? / Sarah Bradshaw And Brian Linneker -- Environmental Management And Disaster Mitigation : Middle Eastern Gender Perspective / Samia Galal Saad -- 'everything Became A Struggle, Absolute Struggle' : Post-flood Increases In Domestic Violence In New Zealand / Rosalind Houghton -- Parenting In The Wake Of Disaster : Mothers And Fathers Respond To Hurricane Katrina / Lori Peek And Alice Fothergill -- Women In The Great Hanshin Earthquake / Reiko Masai, Lisa Kuzunishi And Tamiyo Kondo -- Victims Of Earthquake And Patriarchy : The 2005 Pakistan Earthquake / Azra Talat Sayeed -- 'a Part Of Me Had Left' : Learning From Women Farmers In Canada About Disaster Stress / Simone Reinsch -- Supporting Women And Men On The Front Lines Of Biological Disaster / Tracey L. O'sullivan And Carol A. Amaratunga -- 'we Can Make Things Better For Each Other' : Women And Girls Organise To Reduce Disasters In Central America / Maureen Fordham -- Women's Participation In Disaster Relief And Recovery / Ayse Yonder With Sengül Akçar And Prema Gopalan -- Work-focused Responses To Disasters : India's Self Employed Women's Association / Francie Lund And Tony Vaux -- A Climate For Change : Humanitarian Disaster And The Movement For The Commons In Kenya / Leigh Brownhill -- Sri Lankan Women's Organisations Responding To Post-tsunami Violence / Sarah Fisher -- 'a We Run Tings' : Women Rebuilding Montserrat / Judith Soares And Audrey Y. Mullings -- Women Responding To Drought In Brazil / Adélia De Melo Branco -- Balancing Gender Vulnerabilities And Capacities In The Framework Of Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management : The Case Of Mexico / Cécilia Castro García And Luisa Emilia Reyes Zúñiga -- Towards Gender Equality In Climate Change Policy : Challenges And Perspectives For The Future / Ulrike Röhr, Minu Hemmati And Yianna Lambrou -- Engendering Tsunami Recovery In Sri Lanka : The Role Of Unifem And Its Partners / Chandni Joshi And Mihir R. Bhatt -- Gendering Disaster Risk Reduction : 57 Steps From Words To Action / Elaine Enarson -- Toolkit For Mainstreaming Gender In Emergency Response / P.g. Dhar Chakrabarti And Ajinder Walia. Edited By Elaine Enarson, P.g. Dhar Chakrabarti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index (p. [367]-380). Contents......Page 8 List of Tables, Figures and Boxes......Page 11 Foreword......Page 13 Preface......Page 15 Part One: Understanding Gender Relations in Disaster......Page 20 1 - Sex, Gender and Gender Relations in Disasters......Page 24 2 - A Gender Perspective on Disaster Risk Reduction......Page 37 3 - Let’s Share the Stage: Involving Men in Gender Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction......Page 48 4 - Organising for Risk Reduction: The Honolulu Call to Action......Page 59 Part Two: Gendered Challenges and Responses in Disasters......Page 72 5 - Reducing Disaster Risk through Community Resilience in the Himalayas......Page 76 6 - Gender Perspectives on Disaster Reconstruction in Nicaragua: Reconstructing Roles and Relations?......Page 94 7 - Environmental Management and Disaster Mitigation: Middle Eastern Gender Perspective......Page 108 8 - ‘Everything Became a Struggle, Absolute Struggle’: Post-flood Increases in Domestic Violence in New Zealand......Page 118 9 - Parenting in the Wake of Disaster: Mothers and Fathers Respond to Hurricane Katrina......Page 131 10 - Women in the Great Hanshin Earthquake......Page 150 11 - Victims of Earthquake and Patriarchy: The 2005 Pakistan Earthquake......Page 161 12 - ‘A Part of Me Had Left’: Learning from Women Farmers in Canada about Disaster Stress......Page 171 13 - Supporting Women and Men on the Front Lines of Biological Disaster......Page 184 Part Three: Women’s Organised Initiatives......Page 190 14 - ‘We Can Make Things Better for Each Other’: Women and Girls Organise to Reduce Disasters in Central America......Page 194 15 - Women’s Participation in Disaster Relief and Recovery......Page 208 16 - Work-focused Responses to Disasters: India’s Self Employed Women’s Association......Page 231 17 - A Climate for Change: Humanitarian Disaster and the Movement for the Commons in Kenya......Page 243 18 - Sri Lankan Women’s Organisations Responding to Post-tsunami Violence......Page 252 19 - ‘A We Run Tings’: Women Rebuilding Montserrat......Page 269 20 - Women Responding to Drought in Brazil......Page 280 Part Four: Gender-sensitive Disaster Risk Reduction......Page 292 21 - Balancing Gender Vulnerabilities and Capacities in the Framework of Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management: The Case of Mexico......Page 294 22 - Towards Gender Equality in Climate Change Policy: Challenges and Perspectives for the Future......Page 308 23 - Engendering Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: The Role of UNIFEM and its Partners......Page 323 24 - Gendering Disaster Risk Reduction: 57 Steps from Words to Action......Page 339 25 - Toolkit for Mainstreaming Gender in Emergency Response......Page 356 About the Editors and Contributors......Page 380 Index......Page 386 Contents 8 List of Tables, Figures and Boxes 11 Foreword 13 Preface 15 Part One: Understanding Gender Relations in Disaster 20 1 - Sex, Gender and Gender Relations in Disasters 24 2 - A Gender Perspective on Disaster Risk Reduction 37 3 - Let’s Share the Stage: Involving Men in Gender Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction 48 4 - Organising for Risk Reduction: The Honolulu Call to Action 59 Part Two: Gendered Challenges and Responses in Disasters 72 5 - Reducing Disaster Risk through Community Resilience in the Himalayas 76 6 - Gender Perspectives on Disaster Reconstruction in Nicaragua: Reconstructing Roles and Relations? 94 7 - Environmental Management and Disaster Mitigation: Middle Eastern Gender Perspective 108 8 - ‘Everything Became a Struggle, Absolute Struggle’: Post-flood Increases in Domestic Violence in New Zealand 118 9 - Parenting in the Wake of Disaster: Mothers and Fathers Respond to Hurricane Katrina 131 10 - Women in the Great Hanshin Earthquake 150 11 - Victims of Earthquake and Patriarchy: The 2005 Pakistan Earthquake 161 12 - ‘A Part of Me Had Left’: Learning from Women Farmers in Canada about Disaster Stress 171 13 - Supporting Women and Men on the Front Lines of Biological Disaster 184 Part Three: Women’s Organised Initiatives 190 14 - ‘We Can Make Things Better for Each Other’: Women and Girls Organise to Reduce Disasters in Central America 194 15 - Women’s Participation in Disaster Relief and Recovery 208 16 - Work-focused Responses to Disasters: India’s Self Employed Women’s Association 231 17 - A Climate for Change: Humanitarian Disaster and the Movement for the Commons in Kenya 243 18 - Sri Lankan Women’s Organisations Responding to Post-tsunami Violence 252 19 - ‘A We Run Tings’: Women Rebuilding Montserrat 269 20 - Women Responding to Drought in Brazil 280 Part Four: Gender-sensitive Disaster Risk Reduction 292 21 - Balancing Gender Vulnerabilities and Capacities in the Framework of Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management: The Case of Mexico 294 22 - Towards Gender Equality in Climate Change Policy: Challenges and Perspectives for the Future 308 23 - Engendering Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: The Role of UNIFEM and its Partners 323 24 - Gendering Disaster Risk Reduction: 57 Steps from Words to Action 339 25 - Toolkit for Mainstreaming Gender in Emergency Response 356 About the Editors and Contributors 380 Index 386 9788132101482 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