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Short Summary
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| Title |
Socio-economic Impacts of Natural Disaster: A
Gender Analysis |
| Author |
Bradshaw, S. |
| Publication
Date |
May 2004 |
| Publisher |
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean (ECLAC / CEPAL) |
| Donor |
Unit for Strategic Corporate Development and
Pilot Gender Programme, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and La
Cooperaci?n Italiana |
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Short Summary |
Hurricane Mitch battered south-western Honduras,
the Pacific coastline of Nicaragua and El Salvador in 1998. A gender
analysis shows how it affected women and men differently. The most
significant direct impacts of natural disasters on women include curtailing
their spare time, income, and productive activities. Women faced severe
physical, financial, psychological, and social vulnerabilities in
the aftermath of the hurricane. Reconstruction activities often involved
women's labour but failed to adequately respond to women's needs.
There is a need for a range of participatory methods and for the inclusion
of women in evaluations and censuses. The paper includes extensive
tables on facts and statistics that can be used to analyse the effects
of a disaster on different groups. |
| Summary By |
adapted from Eldis |
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