Gender Perspective in Disaster Management

by Jagannath Lenka, Mamata Swain, Minati Mallick

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The book has been divided into three sections. The first section contains theoretical papers that stress the need for incorporating a gender perspective in disaster management starting from disaster preparedness, rescue, relief, response, reconstruction to rehabilitation. The specific needs of women need to be understood and addressed properly in disaster management interventions. The second section deals with socio-economic, psychological and cultural impacts of disaster on women. It includes many empirical studies highlighting the impacts of both natural disasters like cyclone, drought and man made disasters like displacement and fire. The third section contains papers prescribing appropriate disaster management strategy, drawing policy implications for different types of disasters and formulating action plan for proper rehabilitation of disaster affected women.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mamata Swain

Mamata Swain is Professor and Head, Department of Economics, North Orissa University, Baripada. She has obtained M.Phil degree from the Delhi School of Economics and Ph.D. from the University of London availing Commonwealth Fellowship. She has published extensively in many referred professional journals in areas of Agrarian Relations, Water Pricing, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Water Resources Management, Rural Development, Women in Agriculture and Disaster Management. She has undertaken many research projects sponsored by World Bank, DFID, SICI (Canada), ICAR and Planning Commission. She has also published books titled Peasant Agriculture and Share Tenancy in Orissa, Emerging Trends and Reforms in irrigation in India (eds.) and Farmer and Local Participation in Irrigation Management (eds.).