Women Confronting Natural Disaster: From Vulnerability to Resilience

Women Confronting Natural Disaster: From Vulnerability to Resilience
ISBN-10
1588268314
ISBN-13
9781588268310
Category
Disaster relief
Pages
245
Language
English
Published
2012-01-01
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Pub
Author
Elaine Pitt Enarson

Description

Natural disasters push ordinary gender disparities to the extreme--leaving women not only to deal with a catastrophe's aftermath, but also at risk for greater levels of domestic violence, displacement, and other threats to their security and well-being. Elaine Enarson presents a comprehensive assessment, encompassing both theory and practice, of how gender shapes disaster vulnerability and resilience. -- Publisher description.

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