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Flood Preparedness in Viet Nam: A systematic gender-aware approach

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Author(s)
Le Thi My, Dung
Vu Minh, Hai
Publication date
2012-10-08
Subject
Conflict and disasters
Gender
Keywords
Capacity building
Disaster risk management
Early warning system
Floods
Gender mainstreaming
Disaster risk reduction
DRR
Disasters
Country
Viet Nam

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Gender Equality in Emergencies Programme Insights
Document type
Case study
Description
In flood-prone areas of Viet Nam, most people are at high risk of drowning either because they cannot swim or lack information about how to protect themselves in the event of a flood. Women and children are particularly vulnerable - the latter because many of them commute to work by boat. Oxfam and the governments of Viet Nam and Australia have worked with affected communities to develop and implement a participatory disaster management programme with a systematic gender-awere approach. The programme raised awareness of disaster preparedness activities and also built knowledge, skills, and capacity at provincial, district, and commune levels.
Pages
10
ISBN
9781780771922
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/247211
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http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/flood-preparedness-in-viet-nam-a-systematic-gender-aware-approach-247211
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