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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | What women need in post-disaster situations -Lalita Panicker

What women need in post-disaster situations -Lalita Panicker

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published Published on Oct 29, 2019   modified Modified on Oct 29, 2019
-Hindustan Times

Studies show that natural disasters tend to lower life expectancy more in women than in men.

The recent Bihar floods and flood alert warnings in Kerala are just the latest in a long line of natural disasters that periodically strike in India, leaving behind a trail of devastation. The focus afterwards is on assessing the loss of lives and economic cost and, of course, rehabilitation. But though it is well known, the gender dimension of such disasters is not emphasised enough.

Studies show that natural disasters tend to lower life expectancy more in women than in men. This has to do with their lack of physical ability to get to safety, their sacrificing their safety for their children and elders, and their cumbersome clothing. Apart from this, in the aftermath of a disaster, women are much more vulnerable to trafficking, rape, and violence. After the Nepal earthquake, there were reports of women and children being preyed upon by traffickers. Given the inadequate socio-economic resources available to them, women also find it more difficult to rebuild their lives after disasters. They have limited livelihood avenues, little access to loans, and little knowledge of relief and rehabilitation available to them.

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Hindustan Times, 28 October, 2019, https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/what-women-need-in-post-disaster-situations/story-a6L23xhlSBacQ4HqyNDcFP.html?fbclid=IwAR1ZjKzF345NGCf3EfRC2-9cGym6aVrfZzkROPs


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