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Focusing on women in post disaster initiatives

Source(s): New Age
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Bangladeshi woman speaks of regular flooding, photo byflickr user amirjina, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/amirjina/3747902139/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Bangladeshi woman speaks of regular flooding, photo byflickr user amirjina, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/amirjina/3747902139/sizes/l/in/photostream/

The impact of disaster varies from region to region and in one region, disasters do not affect the entire community equally. Even in a single community, it affects the male in one way and women in another way, usually in a much worse way, writes M Mizanur Rahman in an op-ed.

The article shows the vulnerability of women in disaster in Bangladesh and proposes for some special care to those women in post disaster initiative.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Gender Recovery Inclusion
Country and region Bangladesh
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