Natural Disaster and Women: A Gendered Perspective

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Introduction Natural Disaster and women : A gendered Perspective .............19 2. Gender Inequality, Susceptibility and Disaster Gender and Disaster: An Overview of Differential Vulnerabilities .......51 The Socio-Cultural Aspects of Gendered Vulnerabilities to Disasters: Case studies of Women - Headed Households, Post Mumbai trian Blasts, 2006............63 Gender difference in PTSD Mental Health and Quality of Life : A focus on Female tsunami Survivors ......83 Dealing with Gender Vulnerability through mediated Communication in the Tamil Nadu Floods, 2015..........102 3. Women`s Vulnerability and Responses to Disaster Revisiting Odisha Super Cyclone of 1999. The barriers and coping mechanisms of Disabled Women to Natural Disaster ........127 Impact of Nepal Earthquakes of 2015 on Women : Challenges and Responses ..........153 Women`s Participation in Relief work Utilizing social Media Network ...........176 Understanding women`s Experience of Trauma and posttraumatic Growth: A review study ......193 4. Assessing Preparedness, Recovery and Mitigation Gender Sensitiveity in Disaster risk Management: Lesson learnt from the Chennai Floods of 2015 Indigenous Knowledge System and Disaster management among the Indigenous People of North-Eastern Himalayas, India ...............238 Natural Calamities and Native perceptions : Evolving effective rehabilitation Strategies ..........257 Disaster Diplomacy in South Asia: India`s Humanitarian Assistance programmes in Neighbourhood ..........272 5. Conclusion Natural Disaster and women : Towards a Sustainable disaster Risk Reduction .........307