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标题：Flood-induced vulnerabilities and problems encountered by women in northern Bangladesh
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作者：Abul Kalam Azad ; Abul Kalam Azad ; Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
印刷版ISSN：2095-0055
电子版ISSN：2192-6395
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
期号：4
页码：190-199
DOI：10.1007/s13753-013-0020-z
语种：English
出版社：Springer
摘要：Abstract This study examines flood-induced vulnerabilities among women in northern Bangladesh. Poor and disadvantaged women are more vulnerable to disasters than men due to the conditions that predispose them to severe disaster impacts. Women suffer from physical injuries and are often evicted from their dwellings due to floods. Difficulties in finding adequate shelter, food, safe water, and fuel for cooking, as well as problems in maintaining personal hygiene and sanitation, prevent women from performing their usual roles at home. All of these are problems related to women’s gender identity and social roles. Many poor and destitute women remain unemployed during and after floods. Women also suffer from domestic violence and are subject to harassment when taking shelter or refuge at community centers. These particular vulnerabilities and problems interrupt women’s mitigation efforts and adaptation capacities in disaster risk reduction.
关键词：KeywordsEnBangladeshfloodflood-induced vulnerabilityvulnerability of women