Abstract
Past research clearly demonstrates that gender influences resources, capacities, decision-making processes, and outcomes throughout the disaster lifecycle, as well as the practical management of disaster risk, response, and recovery structures. Now well-established in disaster science, gender analysis has grown in scope and influence over the past decade. This chapter updates the authors’ earlier review, again focusing on English-language peer-reviewed materials relating to natural, technological, and intentional hazards and disasters. The authors reflect on the diverse theories and methods shaping contemporary research, and synthesize key international findings about mortality, health, and well-being; gender-based violence; family and work; and grassroots change. They further highlight three critical lines of inquiry now emerging regarding sexual minorities, masculinities, and climate change in gender and disaster research. The chapter concludes with research recommendations and with strategies for utilizing new knowledge about gendered vulnerability and resilience to reduce risk, minimize losses, and decrease suffering in disasters.
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Space limitations precluded inclusion of reports and studies from non-governmental organizations; with few exceptions, we omitted these as well as completed academic theses and dissertations. Readers are advised to visit the Gender and Disaster Network website for access to many of these influential publications and resources. We also recommend recent overviews of the field, including Laska, Morrow, Willinger, & Mock, (2008); Enarson (2012); Tobin-Gurley & Enarson (2013); and Seager (2014).
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Enarson, E., Fothergill, A., Peek, L. (2018). Gender and Disaster: Foundations and New Directions for Research and Practice. In: Rodríguez, H., Donner, W., Trainor, J. (eds) Handbook of Disaster Research. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63254-4_11
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