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" Women, gender and disaster : "
edited by Elaine Enarson, P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti.
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1025766
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b780136
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| Title & Author
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Women, gender and disaster : : global issues and initiatives /\ edited by Elaine Enarson, P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti.
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Los Angeles :: Sage,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xviii, 380 pages)
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8132104803
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: 9788132104803
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8132101480
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9788132101482
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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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Disasters-- Social aspects.
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Emergency management.
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Sex role.
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Women-- Social conditions.
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Disasters-- Social aspects.
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Emergency management.
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Sex role.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Disasters Disaster Relief.
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Women-- Social conditions.
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363.34/8082
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HV553.W63 2009eb
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Dhar Chakrabarti, P. G.
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Enarson, Elaine Pitt,1949-
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