Women Confronting Natural Disaster

Women Confronting Natural Disaster
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Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 1588269566
ISBN-13 : 9781588269560
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Book Synopsis Women Confronting Natural Disaster by : Elaine Pitt Enarson

Download or read book Women Confronting Natural Disaster written by Elaine Pitt Enarson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural disasters push ordinary gender disparities to the extreme--leaving women not only to deal with a catastrophe's aftermath, but also at risk for greater levels of domestic violence, displacement, and other threats to their security and well-being. Elaine Enarson presents a comprehensive assessment, encompassing both theory and practice, of how gender shapes disaster vulnerability and resilience. -- Publisher description.


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