TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ariyabandu, Madhavi Malalgoda
AU  - Wickramasinghe, Maithree
TI  - Gender dimensions in disaster management : a guide for South Asia
SN  - 8189013254
U1  - 363.3406 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Sri Lanka
PB  - ITDG South Asia
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N1  - 1.1  O'vsastets - a <yo\N\v\q 1.2  Seeing disasters d\fferentVy  21 1.3  Understanding vulnerability to disaster  22 1.4  Linking disasters and development25 1.5  Current development - a cause of disasters?  33 2.  An alternative approach to disasters  35 2.1  The Alternative Perspective  35 2.2  The issue of gender  38 2.3  Gender issues in disasters  46 3.  Impact of disasters on women and men Realities for South Asia  5 5 3.1  Differences in social and cultural impacts  55 3.2  Differences in economic impacts  64 3.3  Differences in psychological impacts  70 4.  Recognizing community capacities  75 4.1  Gender-based differences in coping with disasters  76 4.1.1  Gender-based differences in community preparedness for disaster  77 4.1.2  Coping as disaster strikes79 4.1.3  Re-building after a disaster  81 5. Current practice The absence of gender sensitivity in disaster management 83 6. Agendas for change Policy and practice 91 7. Agenda for policy makers95 8. Guidelines for disaster management practitioners 115 Overall disaster preparedness 116 Focus on women specific concerns 123 Planning initial disaster responses/ emergency management 125 Planning for rehabilitation/reconstruction 130 Monitoring and Evaluation 132 Glossary of terms 135 Recommended reading 159
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