Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster.
The overall objective of this study is to understand, whether gender has been adequately addressed in the local disaster management plan and its consequences. This study includes three focus group discussions involving 23 women of flood victims in three different districts in Kelantan, namely Pasir...
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| author | Selamat, Nor Hafizah |
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| description | The overall objective of this study is to understand, whether gender has been adequately addressed in the local disaster management plan and its consequences. This study includes three focus group discussions involving 23 women of flood victims in three different districts in Kelantan, namely Pasir Mas, Tumpet and Kota Bharu. In-depth interviews were carried out with three individuals, one from each districts, in addition to a total of 298 survey questionnaire manage to be collected. The study revealed that women were more vulnerable to the flood disaster compared to men, due to differences in gendered social roles, social norms and restrictions goveming behaviour |
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| spelling | usm-370822017-10-12T04:39:02Z http://eprints.usm.my/37082/ Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. Selamat, Nor Hafizah H1-99 Social sciences (General) The overall objective of this study is to understand, whether gender has been adequately addressed in the local disaster management plan and its consequences. This study includes three focus group discussions involving 23 women of flood victims in three different districts in Kelantan, namely Pasir Mas, Tumpet and Kota Bharu. In-depth interviews were carried out with three individuals, one from each districts, in addition to a total of 298 survey questionnaire manage to be collected. The study revealed that women were more vulnerable to the flood disaster compared to men, due to differences in gendered social roles, social norms and restrictions goveming behaviour Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016 Monograph NonPeerReviewed Selamat, Nor Hafizah (2016) Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. Technical Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. |
| spellingShingle | H1-99 Social sciences (General) Selamat, Nor Hafizah Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. |
| title | Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. |
| title_full | Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. |
| title_fullStr | Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. |
| title_short | Establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:A focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. |
| title_sort | establishing a gender-sensitive model of disaster relief and preparedness:a focus on relief and preparedness in the case of flood disaster. |
| topic | H1-99 Social sciences (General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/37082/ |