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    Women's empowerment for disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Nepal

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    Author(s)
    Dhungel, Rajesh
    Ojha, Ram Nath
    Editor(s)
    Hoare, Joanna
    Publication date
    2012-06-25
    Subject
    Conflict and disasters
    Gender
    Keywords
    Disaster risk reduction
    DRR
    Disasters
    Gender and Development Journal
    GaD
    Country
    Nepal
    
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    Publisher(s)
    Oxfam GB
    Routledge
    Journal
    Gender & Development
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10546/230793
    DOI
    10.1080/13552074.2012.687220
    Document type
    Journal article
    Language
    English
    Description
    It is generally accepted that women overall are more vulnerable to disaster risk and have specific needs during a crisis. But in Nepal, social taboos and norms restrict women's freedom to express their needs to humanitarian workers in times of crisis, as these are normally strangers to the community deputed by humanitarian agencies or state agencies. These norms are deep-rooted in Nepal and other South Asian countries, and they increase the vulnerability of women to disaster risks, be they natural or man-made. In this context, starting in 2008, the Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian programme (DRR-HP) in Nepal has introduced Women's Empowerment as a key component of community-based disaster risk reduction interventions in different DRR-HP projects. Altogether, 42 Women's Empowerment Centres (WECs), each with 30 women participants, have been supported to lead DRR and emergency response work in their local communities. The WECs have become a successful way of reducing socio-economic and physical vulnerability in the community, as well as an important means of strengthening women's empowerment and leadership. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.
    Pages
    12
    ISSN
    1355-2074
    EISSN
    1364-9221
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/13552074.2012.687220
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