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Research has shown that gender plays a role in the vulnerability of
a community to hazards and disasters, and community capacity to respond
and cope in the aftermath of disaster. Girls and women are of particular
vulnerability in disasters, because of the inequalities arising from
traditional gender relations. Recognizing this, Prairie Women’s
Health Centre of Excellence, together with Dr. Elaine Enarson and with
support from the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Centre of Emergency
Preparedness and Response, is working to develop local initiatives to
increase girls’ and women’s resilience to hazards and disasters.
Through community-based action planning workshops, efforts were made
to engage academic and community researchers, women leaders, advocates
and service providers to capture the local resources in the women’s
community and to help identify specific gaps and areas where more gender-sensitive
outreach and education are needed, from disaster planning through to
disaster response.
Workshop Report 1 - July
2007
Workshop Report 2 - December
2007
Gender
and Disaster Network
http://www.gdnonline.org/
The Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated
by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts.
It was conceptualized ten years ago over an early morning meeting
at the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center workshop
in Denver, Colorado. The Network became the first web presence to
advocate for gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction using
the World Wide Web.
The following information is also available on the Network's website:
Gender
and Disaster Sourcebook
An international compilation of case studies, policy frameworks,
practice guides, academic papers, community education materials
and more
Online
resources on Women, Gender and Disaster
GDN has an extensive collection of resource materials on gender
and disaster as well as on other themes. |
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