GENDER ISSUES IN DISASTER: SELECTED READINGS


Agarwal, B. 1990. "Social Security and the Family: Coping with Seasonality and Calamity in Rural India." Journal of Peasant Studies 17 (3): 341-412.

Anderson, Mary. 1994. "Understanding the Disaster-Development Continuum: Gender Analysis is the Essential Tool." Focus on Gender 2 (1): 7-10.

Anderson, Mary and Peter Woodrow. 1989. Rising From the Ashes: Developing Strategies in Times of Disaster. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Anderson, Karen and Gergenio Manuel. 1994. "Gender Differences in Reported Stress Response to the Loma Prieta Earthquake." Sex Roles 30 (9/10): 725-733.

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center. 1997. Engendering Disaster Preparedness and Management. Asian Disaster Management News 3 (3).

Bari, Farzani. "Gender and Disaster: A Case Study From Pakistan," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Barnecut, Carrie. "Disaster Prone: Reflections of a Female Permanent Disaster Volunteer," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Begum, Rasheda. 1993. "Women in Environmental Disasters: The 1991 Cyclone in Bangladesh." Focus on Gender 1 (1): 34-39.

Bhatt, Mihir. 1995. "Gender and Disaster: Perspectives on Women as Victims of Disasters." Discussion Paper. Disaster Mitigation Institute, Gulbai Tekra, Ahmedabad, India.

Blaikie, Piers, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis, and Ben Wisner. 1994. At Risk: Natural Hazards, People’s Vulnerability, and Disasters. London: Routledge.

Bolin, Robert , Martina Jackson, and Allison Crist. "Gender Inequality, Vulnerability, and Disasters: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Colima, Diana. "Reflections from a Teacher and Survivor," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow

Comision Mujer, Salud Y Desarrollo/Organization Panamericana de la Salud. 1990. El Papel de la Mujer en Preparativos Para Desastres Naturales y Socorros. Available from Centro de Documentacion de Desastres

Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women. 1989. "Violence Against Women in the Aftermath of the October 17, l989 Earthquake: A Report to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Santa Cruz." Santa Cruz, California.

Cox, Helen. "Women in Bushfire Territory," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Cutter, Susan. 1995. "The Forgotten Casualties: Women, Children, and Environmental Change." Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions 5 (3): 181- 194.

Delica, Zenaida. "Women and Children During Disaster: Vulnerabilities and Capacities," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Department of Humanitarian Affairs News. 1997. Focus: Women in Emergencies (22) Geneva: United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs.

Dobson, Narelle. 1994. "From Under the Mud-Pack: Women and the Charleville Floods." Australian Journal of Emergency Management 9 (2): 11-13.

Domeisen, Natalie. 1997. "The Role of Women in Protecting Communities from Disasters." Natural Hazards Observier XXI (5): 5-6.

Downs, R.E., Donna Kerner and Stephen Reyna (eds.). l991. The Political Economy of African Famine. Philadelphia: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers.

Dufka, Corrine. 1988. "The Mexico City Earthquake Disaster." Social Casework: The Journal of Contemporary Social Work 69: 162-170.

Duryog Nivaran: South Asian Network for Disaster Mitigation. 1996. Proceedings of the Workshop on Gender and Disasters, Multan Pakistan, March 6-8.

Eade, Diane and Suzanne Williams (eds). 1995. The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief, Vols 1-3. Oxford, UK: Oxfam.

Enarson, Elaine .l998. "Through Women’s Eyes: A Gendered Research Agenda for Disaster Social Science." Forthcoming in Disasters.

Enarson, Elaine. 1997. Gender Issues for Emergency Medical Planners. British Columbia Medical Journal 39(11): 586-588.

Enarson, Elaine. 1997. Responding to Domestic Violence and Disaster: Guidelines for Women’s Services and Disaster Practitioners. Final Report. Available from DPRC, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3.

Enarson, Elaine and Betty Hearn Morrow (eds.).1998. The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women’s Eyes. Forthcoming from Greenwood Publishing.

Enarson, Elaine and Betty Hearn Morrow. 1997. "A Gendered Perspective: The Voices of Women," in Hurricane Andrew: Race, Gender and the Sociology of Disaster, edited by Walter Gillis Peacock, Betty Hearn Morrow, and Hugh Gladwin. London: Routledge

Enarson, Elaine and Betty Hearn Morrow. "Women Will Rebuild Miami: A Case Study of Feminist Response to Disaster," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Finlay, Carol. "Floods, They’re a Damned Nuisance: Women’s Experiences During Floodtime and their Meanings," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Fordham, Maureen and Anne-Michelle Ketteridge. "Men Must Work and Women Must Weep: Examining Gender Stereotypes," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Fothergill, Alice. 1996. "Gender, Risk, and Disaster." International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 14 (1): 33-56.

Fuller, Helene. 1994. "Development of Women’s Policies for Emergencies and Disasters. Australian Journal of Disaster Management 9 (2): 24-27.

Gibbs, Susan. 1990. Women’s Role in the Red Cross/Red Crescent. HDI Studies on Development #1. Geneva: Henry Dunant Institute.

Guidelines on the Role of Women in Disaster Management: Caribbean Region. Pan American Health Organizatioin, Regional Office of the World Health Organization, 1991. Available from Centro de Documentacion de Desastres. San Jose, Costa Rica.

Hoffman, Susanna. "Eve and Adam among the Embers: Gender Patterns after the

Oakland Berkeley Firestorm," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow

Honeycombe, Beth. 1994. "Special Needs of Women in Emergency Situations. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 8 (4): 28-31

Hossain, Hameeda, Cole P. Dodge and F.H. Abel. 1992. From Crisis to Development: Coping with Disasters in Bangladesh. (Chapter 3). Dhaka: University Press Ltd.

Ikeda, Keiko. 1995. "Gender Differences in Human Loss and Vulnerability in Natural Disasters: A Case Study from Bangladesh." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 2 (2):171- 193.

Intermediate Technology, l997."Women and Drought," Discussion Paper (March).

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) 1995. "Women and Children: Key to Prevention." STOP Disasters, Vol. 24.

International Decade for Natural Reduction. 1996. "Report on 1995 Day for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction: Women and Children: Key to Prevention. Summaries and Analysis." United Nations, Department of Humanitarian Affairs, New York and Geneva.

Jiggins, Janice. 1986. "Women and Seasonality: Coping with Crisis and Calamity." IDS Bulletin 17 (3): Sussex: Institute of Development Studies.

Kafi, Sharif. Disasters and Destitute Women: Twelve Case Studies. Dhaka: Bangladesh Development Partnership Centre.

Khnondker, Habibul. 1996. "Women and Floods in Bangladesh." International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 14 (3): 281-292.

Krishnaraj, Maithreyi. 1997. "Gender Issues in Disaster Management." Gender, Technology and Development 1(3).

League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 1991. Working With Women in Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Programmes. Field Studies Paper #2. Geneva, Switzerland.

Morrow, Betty Hearn and Elaine Enarson. 1996. "Hurricane Andrew Through Women’s Eyes:Issues and Recommendations." International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 14 (1): pp5-22.

Morrow, Betty Hearn and Elaine Enarson. 1994. "Making theCase for Gendered Disaster Research." Paper presented to the X111th World Congress of Sociology. Bielefeld, Germany.

Morrow, Betty Hearn. 1997. "Stretching the Bonds: The Families of Andrew,"in Hurricane Andrew: Race, Gender and the Sociology of Disaster, edited by Walter Gillis Peacock, Betty Hearn Morrow, and Hugh Gladwin. London: Routledge.

Myers, Mary. 1994. "’Women and Children first’: Introducing a Gender Strategy Into Disaster Preparedness." Focus on Gender 2 (1): 14-16.

Neal, David and Brenda Phillips. 1990. "Female-Dominated Local Social Movement Organizations in Disaster-Threat Situations." Pp 243-255 in Women and Social Protest, edited by Guida West and Rhoda Blumberg. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nigg, Joanne and Kathleen Tierney. 1990. "Explaining Differential Outcomes in the Small Business Disaster Loan Application Process." Preliminary Paper #156. University of Deleware: Disaster Research Center.

Noel, Gloria. "The Role of Women in Health Related Aspects of Emergency

Manag ement," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow

O’Brien, Paul and Patricia Atchison, "Gender Differentiation and Aftershock Warning Response," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Ollenberger, Jane and Graham Tobin. "Women and Post-Disaster Stress,"forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Perminova, Alla. 1995. "Consequences of Ecological Disasters and Their Influence on Women’s Health: The Russian Example." Paper presented at the European Conference on Gender Approaches to Health in Emergency Situations: Women’s Realities. San Marino. December, l995. Available from European Centre for Disaster Medicine, Republica di San Marino

Peterson, Kristina. 1997. "From the Field: Gender Issues in Disaster Response and Recovery." Natural Hazards Observer XXI (5): 3-4.

Phillips, Brenda. 1990. "Gender as a Variable in Emergency Response." Pp. 84-90 in The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Studies of Short-Term Impacts, edited by Robert Bolin. Boulder: Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado.

Rivers, Joan. 1982. "Women and Children Last: An Essay on Sex Discrimination in Disasters." Disasters 6 (4): 256-67.

Robertson, Doone. "Women in Emergency Management: An Australian Perspective,"

forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow

Robineault, Maria Sophia. 1990. "The Integration of Women in Multilateral Disaster Management." Master’s Thesis: Univeristy of Ottawa: Ontario, Canada.

Sapir, Debarati Guha. 1993. "Natural and Man-Made Disasters: The Vulnerability of Women-Headed Households and Children Without Families." World Health Statistics Quarterly 46: 227-233.

Sapir, Debarati Guha. 1997. "Women in the Front Line." Unesco Courier (October): 27- 30.

Scanlon, Joseph. 1996. "Human Behaviour in Disaster: The Relevance of Gender." Australian Journal of Emergency Management x (January): 2-7.

Schroeder, Richard. 1987. Gender Vulnerability to Drought: A Case Study of the Hausa Social Environment. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Science.

Sen, Amartya. 1990. "Gender and Cooperative Conflicts." Pp. 123-49 in Persistent Inequalities, edited by Irene Tinker. New York: Oxford University Press.

Serrat ViÔas, Carolina. "Women’s Disaster Vulnerability and Response to the Colima Earthquake," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow

Sidel, Gill. 1993. "Women at Risk: Gender and AIDS in Africa." Disasters 17 (2): 133 142.

Toscani, Letizia "Women’s Roles in Natural Disaster Preparation and Aid: A Central

American View," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Vaughan, M. 1987. The Story of an African Famine: Gender and Famine in Twentieth- Century Malawi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Walker, Bridget (ed.). l994. Women and Emergencies. Oxford: Oxfam.

Wiest, Raymond. "Comparative Perspectives on Household, Gender and Kinship in Relation to Disaster," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Wiest, Raymond, Jane Mocellin, and D. Thandiwe Motsisi. 1994. The Needs of Women in Disasters and Emergencies. Report prepared for the Disaster Management Training Programme of the United Nations Development Programme and the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator. Winnepeg, Manitoba: The University of Manitoba Disaster Research Institute.

Williams, Jan. l994. "Responding to Women in Emergencies and Disasters: The Role of Community Services Development." Australian Journal of Emergency Management 8

Wilson, Jennifer, Phillips, Brenda and David Neal. 1996. "Women’s Vulnerability to Domestic Violence: Organizational Behavior After Disaster," forthcoming in The Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Betty Hearn Morrow.

Wraith, Ruth. 1996. "Women in Emergency Management: Where Are They?" Australian

Journal of Emergency Management (January): 9-11.

Compiled December 1997. For more information, contact Elaine Enarson, Visiting Scholar, Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre, University of British Columbia Tel: (604) 929-6062 Fax: (604) 929-4453. Email: enarson@unixg.ubc.ca