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| Date Added to Site: 27th April 2005 | ||
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| Title | Women2000 and Beyond: Making Risky Environments Safer: Women Building Sustainable and Disaster-Resilient Environments (English, Spanish and French) | |
| Author | Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs | |
| Publication Date | April 2004 | |
| Publisher | Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs | |
| Donor | United Nations (UN) | |
| Long Summary | When women and men confront natural or environmental
disasters such as forest fires, droughts, earthquake and volcanic
eruption, their responses tend to mirror their role and position in
society. Accounts of disaster situations worldwide show that responsibilities
follow traditional gender roles: women's work carries over from traditional
tasks in the household while men take on leadership positions. In
addition, women and girls are often viewed in these situations as
victims in special need of emergency relief. This shows a lack of
understanding of their capacities and resources as environmental and
social change agents. The current issue of this newsletter addresses
gender dynamics in disaster reduction and sustainable development.
It gives a gender analysis of the increasing risks and the rising
toll of disasters and discusses the notions of risk and physical and
social vulnerability. Early warnings and risk reducing approaches
that enhance women's disaster resilience are also analysed. The issue
also draws important links between women's empowerment and sustainable
development and disaster reduction. Several recommendations are made, namely: - Making policies for disaster reduction more consultative and inclusive; - Ensuring that gender perspectives are made explicit in work on natural disasters; - Conducting research to develop a better understanding of the linkages between gender, environmental management and disaster reduction and its policy implications; - Making experiences and good practices easily available to policy makers and administrators; - Developing generic yet easily adaptable guidelines on the types of gender-specific questions that should be raised in relation to risk assessment and emergency response; - Collecting sex-disaggregated data in all areas of work on natural disasters. The document is also available in French: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/w2000-natdisasters-f.pdf, and in Spanish http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/w2000-natdisasters-s.pdf |
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