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    Grassroots Women’s Collectives- Roles in Post-disaster Effort: Potential for Sustainable Partnership and Good Governance (Lessons Learned from the Marmara Earthquake in Turkey)

    Akçar, Sengul. 2001. “Grassroots Women’s Collectives - Roles in Post-disaster Effort: Potential for Sustainable Partnership and Good Governance (Lessons Learned from the Marmara Earthquake in Turkey).” Paper presented at the Expert Group Meeting on Environmental Management and the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: a Gender Perspective, Ankara, Turkey, November 6-9.

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    Topics: Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Governance, Humanitarian Assistance, NGOs Regions: MENA, Asia, Middle East, Europe, Southern Europe Countries: Turkey

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    Women's Potential in Dealing with Natural Disasters: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

    Jayarathne, Saranga Subhashini. “Women’s Potential in Dealing with Natural Disasters: A Case Study from Sri Lanka.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies 20, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 125–36. doi:10.1080/12259276.2014.11666175.

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    Topics: Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Girls, Gender Roles, Gender Analysis, Gender Balance, Gender Mainstreaming, Gendered Power Relations, Governance Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Sri Lanka Keywords: disasters, vulnerability, women, untapped potential

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    Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Manila, October 2008

    Smyth, Ines. “Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Manila, October 2008.” Development in Practice 19, no. 6 (2009): 799–802.

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    Topics: DDR, Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Gender Mainstreaming, Governance Regions: Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Philippines Keywords: environment, gender and diversity, Governance and public policy, East Asia

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    The Changing Role of Women in Resilience, Recovery and Economic Development at the Intersection of Recurrent Disaster: A Case Study from Sirajgang, Bangladesh

    Islam, Mir Rabiul, Valerie Ingham, John Hicks, and Ian Manock. “The Changing Role of Women in Resilience, Recovery and Economic Development at the Intersection of Recurrent Disaster: A Case Study from Sirajgang, Bangladesh.” Journal of Asian and African Studies, December 11, 2014, 0021909614560244. doi:10.1177/0021909614560244.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Men, Gender Roles, Governance, Humanitarian Assistance Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: Bangladesh Keywords: resilience, vulnerability, disaster, recovery, Bangladesh

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    Seeking the Local State: Gender, Caste, and the Pursuit of Public Services in Post-Tsunami India

    Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle. 2011. “Seeking the Local State: Gender, Caste, and the Pursuit of Public Services in Post-Tsunami India.” World Development 39 (7): 1143–54.

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    Topics: Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Governance, NGOs Regions: Asia, South Asia Countries: India Keywords: local governance, institutions, public services, disasters, South Asia, India

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    Women and the 2011 East Japan Disaster

    Saito, Fumie. 2012. “Women and the 2011 East Japan Disaster.” Gender and Development 20 (2): 265–79.

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    Topics: Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance Regions: Asia, East Asia Countries: Japan Keywords: disaster response, women’s participation, government policy, East Japan Disaster, reconstruction

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    Disaster Recovery from a Gender and Diversity Perspective: Cases Following Megadisasters in Japan and Asian Countries

    Tanaka, Yumiko, Mikio Ishiwatari, and Atsuko Nonoguchi. 2019. "Disaster Recovery from a Gender and Diversity Perspective: Cases Following Megadisasters in Japan and Asian Countries." Contributing Paper to GAR 2019. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva.

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    Topics: Age, Youth, Development, Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Governance, Humanitarian Assistance Regions: Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia Countries: Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka

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    Applying a Gender Lens to Reduce Disaster Risk in Southern Africa: The Role of Men’s Organisations

    Forbes-Biggs, Kylah. 2020. "Applying a Gender Lens to Reduce Disaster Risk in Southern Africa: The Role of Men’s Organisations." In How Gender Can Transform the Social Sciences, edited by Marian Sawer, Fiona Jenkins, and Karen Downing, 169-76. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

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    Topics: Development, Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Men, Boys, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Keywords: men's organisations, gender inequality, vulnerability, disaster risk, open dialogue, Southern Africa

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    Linking Gender Vulnerability and Disasters

    Sikandar, Rahila, and Asif Khan. 2019. "Linking Gender Vulnerability and Disasters." In Disaster Risk Reduction: Community Resilience and Responses, edited by Bupinder Zutshi, Akbaruddin Ahmad, and Anananda Babu Srungarapati, 215-30. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.

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    Topics: Environment, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Governance Keywords: disaster, women, resilience, education, public policy

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    Women and Water Management in Times of Climate Change: Participatory and Inclusive Processes

    Figueiredo, Patricia, and Patricia E. Perkins. 2013. “Women and Water Management in Times of Climate Change: Participatory and Inclusive Processes.” Journal of Cleaner Production 60: 188–94.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Gender, Women, Governance, Infrastructure, Water & Sanitation, NGOs, Political Participation Keywords: climate justice, Gender, watershed management, climate change, equity, public participation, civil society, women, community-based environmental education, civil society engagement, resilience, bottom-up climate change adaptation

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