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Gender-Based Violence and Layered Disasters

Author : Nahid Rezwana
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000819604
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender-Based Violence and Layered Disasters by : Nahid Rezwana

Download or read book Gender-Based Violence and Layered Disasters written by Nahid Rezwana and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the widespread and persistent relationship between disasters and gender-based violence, drawing on new research with victim-survivors to show how the two forms of harm constitute ‘layered disasters’ in particular places, intensifying and reproducing one another. The evidence is now overwhelming that disasters and gender-based violence are closely connected, not just in moments of crisis but in the years that follow as the social, economic and environmental impacts of disasters play out. This book addresses two key gaps in research. First, it examines what causes the relationship between disasters and gender-based violence to be so widespread and so enduring. Second, it highlights victim-survivors’ own accounts of gender-based violence and disasters. It does so by presenting findings from original research on cyclones and flooding in Bangladesh and the UK and a review of global evidence on the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on feminist theories, it conceptualises the coincidence of gender-based violence, disasters and other aggravating factors in particular places as ‘layered disasters.’ Taking an intersectional approach that emphasises the connections between culture, place, patriarchy, racism, poverty, settler-colonialism, environmental degradation and climate change, the authors show the significance of gender-based violence in creating vulnerability to future disasters. Forefronting victim-survivors’ experiences and understandings, the book explores the important role of trauma, and how those affected go about the process of survival and recovery. Understanding disasters as layered casts light on why tackling gender-based violence must be a key priority in disaster planning, management and recovery. The book concludes by exploring critiques of existing formal responses, which often ignore or underplay gender-based violence. The book will be of interest to all those interested in understanding the causes and impacts of disasters, as well as scholars and researchers of gender and gender-based violence.

Gender-Based Violence After A Natural Disaster

Author : Himabindu Reddy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Gender-Based Violence After A Natural Disaster written by Himabindu Reddy and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IntroductionGender-based violence is endemic across the world. Current evidence suggests that gender-based violence increases after natural disasters. Decades of research has shown that gender plays a critical role in intimate relationships, family life, formal and informal economies, organizations, and culture. A limited body of research exists exploring the role of gender in the experience and impact of natural disasters. Agencies are mobilized in response to natural disasters, however gender-based violence and the unique needs of women are often inadequately considered in relief efforts, and personnel are not sufficiently trained to recognize or address gender based violence. As a result, women are at heightened vulnerability and continue to experience disproportionate violence following natural disasters. Aimsu00a5tTo identify factors and conditions before, during, and after disasters which lead to increased gender-based violence in disaster settings across the world. u00a5tTo identify challenges faced by organizations and disaster responders in recognizing and responding to gender-based violence in disaster settings.u00a5tTo advocate for gender sensitive organizational planning and training prior to deployment by responding personnel. MethodsA narrative review of the global literature was performed to identify common themes among post-disaster settings and to recognize factors which led to the increase in gender based violence. Furthermore, the literature was reviewed to identify challenges for disaster teams in recognizing and responding to gender based violence, and to define principles which may be applicable for pre-deployment planning and competency building by disaster response organizations and personnel. ResultsThemes: u00a5tHarmful societal attitudes towards womenu00a5tPrevalence and acceptance of violence towards womenu00a5tPolitical instability u00a5tLoss of community supports and protectionsu00a5tEconomic hardshipu00a5tPhysical displacementu00a5tLack of security and privacy in camps/crowdingu00a5tLawlessness and chaosu00a5tPsychosocial trauma and stressu00a5tUse of alcohol/substances by male perpetratorsu00a5tLow participation of women in relief effortsu00a5tGender-blind programs and policiesRecommendations to guide response efforts: u00a5tA mandate for addressing violence against women u00a5tInclusion of female staff and womenu2019s groups at all levels of planning and responseu00a5tCollection of data to identify vulnerable populationsu00a5tEstablishment of procedures for monitoring and reporting incidents of violence u00a5tSafety in planning and design of accommodations, distribution centers, and related servicesu00a5tDirect allocation of aid and resources to women u00a5tImplementation and restoration of holistic services including physical and psychosocial care and legal response Recommendations for training: u00a5tGender sensitive approach, knowledge of prevalence and impact of gender-based violence, and its link to disasters u00a5tFamiliarity with behaviors and conditions associated with gender-based violenceu00a5tNon-judgmental, supportive and validating approach to inquiry and responseu00a5tFamiliarity with risk assessment toolsu00a5tMobilization of social supportsu00a5tKnowledge of resources, including medical and legal services DiscussionNatural disasters are destabilizing events which expose vulnerable populations, particularly women, to increased violence. Preexisting social, economic, and political inequalities and oppressive attitudes towards women are magnified after natural disasters, leaving women at heightened risk of violence. The lack of gender- sensitivity in disaster preparedness and response efforts can impact and even exacerbate the gendered impact of natural disasters. An understanding of the factors leading to the increased incidence of gender based violence and the involvement of women at all stages of planning and decision-making is indispensable to addressing the gendered impact of natural disasters.

Gender-Inclusive Legislative Framework and Laws to Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 9292692216
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Gender-Inclusive Legislative Framework and Laws to Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally, women are disproportionately impacted by climate change and disasters due to gender inequalities and limited opportunities to participate in decision-making processes. To help address this imbalance, this publication provides guidance on how to integrate gender equality in laws and policies on climate change and disaster management in developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. It provides a conceptual framework and good practice guide based on international norms and examples of national laws. It also demonstrates how gender-responsive laws and policies can contribute to women’s resilience to climate change and disasters. The publication was developed for the use of governments, policy-makers, organizations, and individuals engaged in gender-responsive legislative reforms.

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 2

Author : Sherma Roberts
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031311191
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Book Synopsis Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 2 by : Sherma Roberts

Download or read book Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 2 written by Sherma Roberts and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caribbean countries have had to navigate multiple crises, which have tested their collective resolve through time. In this regard, the region’s landscape has been shaped by an interplay of vulnerability and resilience which has brought to the fore possibilities and contradictions. It is within this context that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic must be considered. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on COVID-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 2: Society, Education and Human Behaviour provides a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Caribbean as the site of enquiry. The edited collection mobilises critical perspectives brought to bear on research produced within and beyond the boundaries and boundedness of conventional academic disciplinary divides, in response to the multi-dimensional crises of our time. This volume is divided into four (4) parts consisting of twenty-three (23) chapters and weaves together four broad thematic strands: COVID-19 and Caribbean Society; COVID-19 Religion and Rights; Psycho-social Impacts of COVID-19; and Education, Innovation, and Technology. Authors working within and across the human, social, physical and life sciences consider the myriad effects of the health crisis in the region, interrogating these experiences from the granular to macro level, utilising inter and multidisciplinary lenses. Collectively, the chapters which constitute Volume II expose the fault lines in Caribbean societies, which are deeply rooted in the region’s history and delineate the precise ways in which the pandemic has transformed lives and livelihoods in the region. The culmination of this collection offers a reimagining of our Caribbean contemporary futures in the hope of finding home-grown solutions, avenues and possibilities.

Religious Responses to Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Disasters

Author : David Chester
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040110738
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis Religious Responses to Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Disasters by : David Chester

Download or read book Religious Responses to Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Disasters written by David Chester and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that, although secular and religious perspectives on disasters have often conflicted, today there are grounds for believing that the world’s major faiths have much to contribute to the processes of post-disaster recovery and future disaster risk reduction (DRR). It seeks to demonstrate how contemporary dialogues between theologians, disaster scholars and policymakers are defining new ways of working together. These explore how the resources of religious communities, e.g. buildings, human resources and finance, may be used to foster successful policies of DRR, particularly in the aftermath of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Musing on the relationships between religion and disasters has occurred for millennia and has affected many societies worldwide. In societies where the world’s major religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Shinto – have been and remain dominant, attempting to find supernatural explanations for disasters has occurred throughout history and there have been many theologies seeking to explain why people suffer losses. It is argued that developments both within these traditions of faith and in how disasters are understood by the hazard research community of researchers and planners have allowed a new modus vivendi to emerge which emphasises both a recognition of religious worldviews by academic writers and disaster planners on the one hand, and a desire by people of faith and their leaders to be more fully committed to the goals of DRR. The book will appeal to those who are interested in the interface between disasters and theology across the principal religions of the world. This includes researchers and students in geology, geography, theology and religious studies. It will also be useful for specialist academic audience and the educated general reader.

Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage

Author : Rohit Jigyasu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000926508
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage by : Rohit Jigyasu

Download or read book Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage written by Rohit Jigyasu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a selection of case studies undertaken by cultural heritage and disaster risk management professionals across the world demonstrating good practices for disaster risk management of cultural heritage. The readers will learn about the practical application of various methodologies, tools, and techniques for disaster risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery of cultural heritage. They will also learn about the application of traditional knowledge and engagement of communities for disaster risk management of cultural heritage. This will help relevant organisations and professionals to develop and implement projects in this field. The intended audience for this book are Practitioners or site managers of cultural heritage sites and museums. Also, researchers and students studying disaster risk management of cultural heritage. The book will also be of interest to disaster risk management institutions at the urban, regional or national level/cultural heritage management institutions at the urban, regional or national level/city administration, municipalities, urban local bodies and planning departments/educational and research institutions which have specialised programmes in engineering, planning, disaster risk management, and conservation of cultural heritage.

The Conceivable Future

Author : Meghan Elizabeth Kallman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538179709
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book The Conceivable Future written by Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This reassuring consideration of a deeply personal matter teams seamlessly with a reasoned, emphatic call to action." - Booklist, Starred Review • ABooklist Top 10 Book on the Environment & Sustainability 2024 Explore the ways in which the climate crisis is affecting our personal decisions about family planning, parenting, and political action. In The Conceivable Future, authors Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli explore the ways in which the climate crisis is affecting our personal decisions about family planning, parenting, and political action. This book offers fresh, timely answers to questions such as: How do I decide to have a baby when there's the threat of environmental collapse? How do I parent a child in the middle of the climate crisis? What can I actually do to help stop global warming? Drawing from their decade of work with the organization Conceivable Future, Kallman, a sociologist and Rhode Island State Senator, and Ferorelli, an activist and former Climate Bureau editor, offers both informed perspective and practical steps for taking meaningful action in combating the climate crisis, while also making smart, balanced decisions when it comes to starting and maintaining a family. First, The Conceivable Future explores what the real threats are to reproductive, gestational, and infant health (spoiler: it's inequality, heat, and fossil fueled pollution), and debunks the myths of personal carbon footprint, and the harmful legacy of population control. The authors examine the successes and impediments of women-led movements around the world and share what they've learned through ten years of organizing to bring attention to the reproductive crisis that is climate change. Finally, the book looks at what can be done about the climate crisis today. By taking these steps, we can both understand the crisis on its own terms, and stay rooted in the human scale, where our lives retain their full meaning. The Conceivable Future is a must-read for all who want to make a difference in the world--and secure a sustainable future for all our families.

Teaching Culture and Psychology

Author : Susan B. Goldstein
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104001867X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Culture and Psychology written by Susan B. Goldstein and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Teaching Culture and Psychology (previously Cross-Cultural Explorations) provides an array of carefully designed instructor resources and student activities that support the construction and implementation of courses on culture and psychology. Revised and expanded from previous editions, the book enables instructors to use selected activities appropriate for their course structure. Part One explores a variety of pedagogical challenges involved in teaching about culture and psychology and details specific strategies for addressing these challenges. Part Two (instructor resources) and Part Three (student handouts) center around 90 activities designed to encourage students to think critically about the role of culture in a wide range of psychology content areas. These activities are based on current and classic cross-cultural research and take the form of case studies, self-administered scales, mini-experiments, database search assignments, and the collection of content-analytic, observational, and interview data. For each activity, instructors are provided with a lecture/discussion module as well as suggestions for variations and expanded writing assignments. Student handouts are available in this text as well as on the Routledge website as fillable forms. Contributing to the inclusion of cultural perspectives in the psychology curriculum, this wide-ranging book enables instructors to provide students with hands-on experiences that facilitate the understanding and application of major concepts and principles in the study of culture and psychology, making it ideal for cultural psychology, anthropology, sociology, and related courses.

The Post-Earthquake City

Author : Paul Cloke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000839400
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Post-Earthquake City written by Paul Cloke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically assesses Christchurch, New Zealand as an evolving post-earthquake city. It examines the impact of the 2010–13 Canterbury earthquake sequence, employing a chronological structure to consider ‘damage and displacement’, ‘recovery and renewal’ and ‘the city in transition’. It offers a framework for understanding the multiple experiences and realities of post-earthquake recovery. It details how the rebuilding of the city has occurred and examines what has arisen in the context of an unprecedented opportunity to refashion land uses and social experience from the ground up. A recurring tension is observed between the desire and tendency of some to reproduce previous urban orthodoxies and the experimental efforts of others to fashion new cultures of progressive place-making and attention to the more-than-human city. The book offers several lessons for understanding disaster recovery in cities. It illuminates the opportunities disasters create for both the reassertion of the familiar and the emergence of the new; highlights the divergence of lived experience during recovery; and considers the extent to which a post-disaster city is prepared for likely climate futures. The book will be valuable reading for critical disaster researchers as well as geographers, sociologists, urban planners and policy makers interested in disaster recovery.

Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia

Author : Devendraraj Madhanagopal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000787931
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia by : Devendraraj Madhanagopal

Download or read book Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia written by Devendraraj Madhanagopal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, focuses on South and Southeast Asia, upgrades our understanding of the influence of multiple sociopolitical and governance factors on climate change and risks. Moving beyond science and technology-oriented discussions on climate change, it argues that the real solutions to climate change problems lie in societies, governance systems, non-state actors, and the power and politics underpinning these systems. It presents a range of detailed conceptual, empirical, and policy-oriented insights from different nations of South and Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Maldives, and Bhutan. The chapters bring forth critical discussions of climate change, covering a diverse range of topics including livelihoods, gender, community perspectives, relocation, resilience, local politics, climate change communication, governance, and policy responses. By investigating climate change vulnerabilities and as well as offering feasible solutions to the states and other non-state actors in responding to climate change and risks, this book deepens our existing knowledge of the social and political dimensions of climate change. With interdisciplinary perspectives, this book will appeal to all students, researchers, and scholars of environmental studies, geography, disaster studies, sociology, policy studies, development studies, and political science. It provides valuable reading to practitioners, policymakers, and professionals working in related fields.

Local Adaptation to Climate Change in South India

Author : Devendraraj Madhanagopal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000846962
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Local Adaptation to Climate Change in South India by : Devendraraj Madhanagopal

Download or read book Local Adaptation to Climate Change in South India written by Devendraraj Madhanagopal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically discusses the vulnerabilities and local adaptation actions of the traditional marine fishers of the tsunami-hit coastal regions of South India to climate change and risks, with an emphasis on their local institutions. Thereby, it offers a comprehensive account of the ways in which marine fishers live and respond to climate change. The Coromandel coastal regions of South India are known for their rich sociocultural history and enormous marine resources, as well as their long history of vulnerability to climate change and disasters, including the 2004 tsunami. By drawing cases from the tsunami-hit fishing villages of this coast, this book demonstrates that indigenous knowledge systems, climate change perceptions, sociocultural norms, and governance systems of the fishers influence and contest the local adaptation responses to climate change. By foregrounding the real picture of vulnerability and adaptation actions of marine fishers in the face of climate change and disasters, this book also challenges the conventional understanding of local institutions and fishers' knowledge systems. Underlining that adaptation to climate change is a sociopolitical process, this book explores the potentials, limits, and complexities of local adaptation actions of marine fishers of this coast and offers novel insights and climate change lessons gleaned from the field to other coasts of India and around the world. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and policymakers in climate change, fisheries, environmental sociology, environmental anthropology, sustainable livelihoods, and natural resource management.

De Gruyter Handbook of Climate Migration and Climate Mobility Justice

Author : Andreas Neef
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311075214X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis De Gruyter Handbook of Climate Migration and Climate Mobility Justice by : Andreas Neef

Download or read book De Gruyter Handbook of Climate Migration and Climate Mobility Justice written by Andreas Neef and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accelerating climate change is widely predicted to have profound impacts on human mobility over the coming decades. Climate mobilities and immobilities invoke issues of justice and social inequality and pose numerous socio-cultural, health, economic, legal and political challenges. Current international legal frameworks and national governance mechanisms provide insufficient protection for people displaced by climate change who are often subjected to health risks, psychosocial trauma, human rights abuse, and even new climatic risks. At the same time, there is a need to better understand how climate change interacts with other mobility drivers and why many climate-affected people decide to stay put or remain trapped in at-risk locations. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary traditions and featuring Indigenous voices and youth perspectives, this book introduces new conceptual frameworks and empirical studies to examine the unique challenges facing people on the move and those staying behind.

Climate Change and Public Health

Author : Barry S. Levy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197683312
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Public Health written by Barry S. Levy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Climate Change and Public Health comprehensively covers the health impacts of climate change, including heat-related and respiratory disorders, vectorborne and waterborne diseases, malnutrition, mental disorders, and violence. It provides a thorough understanding of the policymaking process and energy, transportation, and agriculture policies for mitigation. It covers health adaptation, sustainable built environments, and nature-based solutions to address climate change. Finally, it describes ways of strengthening public and political support, including communicating the health relevance of climate change, building movements, and promoting climate justice.

Feminist Conversations on Peace

Author : Smith, Sarah
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529222079
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Conversations on Peace written by Smith, Sarah and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What is feminist peace? How can we advocate for peace from patriarchy? What do women, globally, advocate for when they use the term 'peace'? This edited collection brings together conversations across borders and boundaries to explore plural, intersectional and interdisciplinary concepts of feminist peace. The book includes contributions from a geographically diverse range of scholars, judges, practitioners and activists, and the chapters cut across themes of movement building and resistance and explore the limits of institutionalized peacebuilding. The chapters deal with a range of issues, such as environmental degradation, militarization, online violence and arms spending. Offering a resource to advance theoretical development and to advocate for policy change, this book transcends traditional approaches to the study of peace and security and embraces diverse voices and perspectives which are absent in both academic and policy spaces.

Disaster Research

Author : Rasmus Dahlberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317531396
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Disaster Research written by Rasmus Dahlberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the tendency of books on disasters to predominantly focus on strong geophysical or descriptive perspectives and in-depth accounts of particular catastrophes, Disaster Research provides a much-needed multidisciplinary perspective of the area. This book is is structured thematically around key approaches to disaster research from a range of different, but often complementary academic disciplines. Each chapter presents distinct approaches to disaster research that is anchored in a particular discipline; ranging from the law of disasters and disaster historiography to disaster politics and anthropology of disaster. The methodological and theoretical contributions underlining a specific approach to disasters are discussed and illustrative empirical cases are examined that support and further inform the proposed approach to disaster research. The book thus provides unique insights into fourteen state-of-the-art disciplinary approaches to the understanding of disasters. The theoretical discussions as well as the diverse range of disaster cases should be of interest to both postgraduate and undergraduate students, as well as academics, researchers and policymakers.

Geographies of Gender-Based Violence

Author : Hannah Bows
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529214505
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Geographies of Gender-Based Violence written by Hannah Bows and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does physical and virtual space play in relation to gender-based violence? Experts from the Global North and South examine how spaces can facilitate or prevent GBV and showcase strategies for prevention and intervention from women and LGBTQ+ people.

Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Middle and Low-income Countries

Author : Sarah Bott
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Middle and Low-income Countries written by Sarah Bott and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated and condoned by laws, institutions, and community norms. Violence against women is not only a profound violation of human rights, but also a costly impediment to a country's national development. While gender-based violence occurs in many forms throughout the life cycle, this review focuses on two of the most common types-physical intimate partner violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator. Unfortunately, the knowledge base about effective initiatives to prevent and respond to gender-based violence is relatively limited. Few approaches have been rigorously evaluated, even in high-income countries. And such evaluations involve numerous methodological challenges. Nonetheless, the authors review what is known about more and less effective-or at least promising-approaches to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. They present definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors of gender-based violence. The authors analyze good practice initiatives in the justice, health, and education sectors, as well as multisectoral approaches. For each of these sectors, they examine initiatives that have addressed laws and policies, institutional reforms, community mobilization, and individual behavior change strategies. Finally, the authors identify priorities for future research and action, including funding research on the health and socioeconomic costs of violence against women, encouraging science-based program evaluations, disseminating evaluation results across countries, promoting investment in effective prevention and treatment initiatives, and encouraging public-private partnerships.