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Title: | Women and Floods in Bangladesh | Authors: | Khondker, H.H. | Issue Date: | 1996 | Citation: | Khondker, H.H. (1996). Women and Floods in Bangladesh. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 14 (3) : 281-292. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Assesses the differential impact of flood disasters on rural women & men. Analysis of fieldwork & three-part questionnaires (N = 638 households) conducted in Phalia Dighar, a village in northern Bangladesh, reveals that floods affect rural women more adversely than men because disaster relief programs focus on starvation & disease rather than on economic recovery (ie, loss of household resources undermines women's economic well-being). These issues are rarely considered because women are not included in the planning & execution of counterdisaster plans. Thus, it is suggested that successful counterdisaster strategies need to take gender into account, ensure the participation of women, & link crisis response & rehabilitation strategies to development initiatives. | Source Title: | International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/133477 | ISSN: | 02807270 |
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