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040 _aAFVC
100 _aTrue, Jacqui
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245 _aGendered violence in natural disasters :
_cJacqui True
_blearning from New Orleans, Haiti and Christchurch
260 _bAotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers,
_c2013
500 _aAotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2013, 25(2): 78-89 (Open access)
520 _aWhy are women so vulnerable to violence and death as a result of disaster compared with men? This article investigates how global environmental forces in the form of natural disasters from floods, droughts and famines to earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes affect women and men differently. Disasters are known to have direct and indirect impacts on gender-based violence particularly against women and girls, revealing a pattern of heightened violence and vulnerability in their aftermath. These gendered impacts are directly relevant to social work theory, practice and advocacy, which seek to promote social wellbeing and to prevent violence in homes and communities during and in the aftermath of disasters. The article argues that women’s unequal economic and social status relative to men before a disaster strikes determines the extent of their vulnerability to violence during and after a crisis. If gender-based violence and women’s particular needs are not addressed in disaster preparedness, disaster recovery plans and humanitarian assistance, then women and girls’ vulnerability will increase. The article offers some lessons based on primary research of responses to the 2010-2011 Christchurch earthquakes against the backdrop of what we know about the responses to an earthquake of similar magnitude in Haiti in 2009. It draws implications from this research for social work theory, practice and advocacy, highlighting the importance of ensuring that future disaster planning and decision making is gender-sensitive. (Author's abstract). Record #5267
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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650 _aNATURAL DISASTERS
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650 _aSOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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651 _aCANTERBURY
_94051
651 _aCHRISTCHURCH
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651 _aHAITI
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651 _aNEW ORLEANS
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773 0 _tAotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2013, 25(2): 78-89 (Open access)
830 _aAotearoa New Zealand Social Work
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856 _uhttps://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/article/view/83
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_cARTICLE