Gender and the Politics of Disaster Recovery: Dealing with the Aftermath

257 Pages·2022·3.853 MB·English

by  Sajal Roy

Gender and the Politics
of Disaster Recovery
Drawing a transdisciplinary perspective, this book investigates the ways in which
gender intersect with rebuilding and post-disaster recovery process. It shows how
climate-induced disasters as well as the recent COVID-19 pandemic have impacted
human lives and livelihoods across various global socioeconomic conditions, so-
ciopolitical conditions, and the gendered relationships from the Global South
perspective.
From the real experiences of the people vulnerable to disasters, this book iden-
tifies the strengths and weaknesses of the post-disaster management in different
contexts. The varied roles and responsibilities of men and women in different coun-
tries are also examined. It is often hard to understand how local and global politics
are involved in humanitarian aid. This book also shows how lower-income and un-
der-privileged communities are deprived of their right to access relief and rehabili-
tation due to political involvement.
This text also highlights effective methods of policy implementation for achieving
sustainable recovery from these humanitarian crises. It will a ssist strategy planners
and policymakers to focus on gender-based barriers and p olitical hindrances as well
as geological and socioeconomic factors in planning inclusive post-disaster activi-
ties. The book will be of interest to r esearchers, postgraduate students and scholars
in the fields of Sociology, S ocial Anthropology, Development Studies, Gender and
Cultural Studies, Area Studies, H uman Geography, Disaster Management, For-
estry and Environmental Science.
Dr Sajal Roy is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Business
School, University of New South Wales. Previously he held a Postdoctoral Research
Fellow position at the Centre for Livelihoods and Wellbeing, University of Technol-
ogy Sydney, Australia. He is a scholar in critical development studies and human
geography specialising in climate change social sciences, smart city development, sus-
tainable livelihoods and development, gendered relations, refugee crisis management
and climate justice. Sajal received his PhD in Climate Change Social Science in 2021.
Dr Roy has taught several courses in Socials sciences and Business Studies at West-
ern Sydney University, University of Wollongong, and Australian Catholic University.
Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in collaboration with Griffith
Asia Centre, Griffith University, Sajal has recently completed a collaborative research
project titled Gender and Leadership Inclusion in LAOS.). With Taylor and Francis, his
latest book is entitled Climate Change and Gendered Livelihoods in Bangladesh (2021).
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Gender and the Politics of
Disaster Recovery
Dealing with the Aftermath
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Title: Gender and the politics of disaster recovery : dealing with
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Subjects: LCSH: Disaster relief—Developing countries. |
Emergency management—Developing countries. |
Women in disaster relief—Developing countries.
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Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables ix
List of contributors xi
List of abbreviations xv
1 Understanding gendered context of post-disaster recovery:
an overview 1
SAJAL ROY, DEBASISH NANDY, UTSAB BHATTARAI AND
ASHISH KUMAR SINGH
2 Integrating a gender perspective into disaster risk
management: an analysis of the Global Assessment Reports
on Disaster Risk Reduction 10
ANA GABRIELA FERNÁNDEZ SAAVEDRA, SANDRA DEMA
MORENO AND ROSARIO GONZÁLEZ ARIAS
3 Local governments’ Provisions and Sections in Disaster:
Lesson Learned from the Post-Pandemic Era 28
PRANAB KUMAR PANDAY AND MOHAMMAD JAHANGIR
HOSSAIN MOJUMDER
4 India’s Disaster Diplomacy in South Asian Region 54
DEBASISH NANDY AND ALIK NAHA
5 Risk Perception and Disaster Management of Women in
Dealing with Floods in Urban Indonesia 76
LENGGA PRADIPTA
6 Adapting livelihoods in the face of climate change: a study of
Sherpa households from the Khumbu (Everest) Region, Nepal 91
UTSAB BHATTARAI
vi Contents
7 Unlocking the Potential of Microfinance towards Sustainable
Livelihoods for Climate Change Adaptation 106
RIADADH HOSSAIN, FARAH ANZUM, TASFIA TASNIM, FAISAL
BIN ISLAM AND SHAHRIN MANNAN
8 Climate change, women migrants and the potentialities of
intersectional analysis in the Reconquista River Basin, Buenos
Aires, Argentina 121
NATALIA GAVAZZO AND LUCILA NEJAMKIS
9 The local heritage ‘Dhopkols’: build back better water access in
reducing gender-based vulnerabilities in Bangladesh 140
MD SALAUDDIN, MD GOLAM FARUK SARKER AND
MD ABDULLAH AL MAMUN
10 Financing climate-induced disaster management: how to
engage the formal financial sector? 161
SUBORNA BARUA
11 Gendered Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Options in Fisher
Communities of Coastal Bangladesh during COVID-19
Pandemic 182
RUMANA SULTANA, SAMIYA A. SELIM AND JOY BHOWMIK
12 Gender Dimensions in Disaster Risks Reduction Policy:
insights from Bangladesh 206
SAJAL ROY, BISHAWJIT MALLICK AND UTSAB BHATTARAI
13 Concluding Remarks: the State of the Art of Research in
Gender, Disaster and Cultural Studies 222
KAMRUZZAMAN, ASHISH KUMAR SINGH AND SAJAL ROY
Index 231
Figures
2.1 Framework for disaster risk reduction and GAR 14
2.2 Number of words related to gender issues in each GAR 14
2.3 Number of mentions to gender issues in the GARs 15
2.4 Number of mentions codified as vulnerability or capability
approach in the GARs 16
2.5 Number of mentions to the different dimensions of
vulnerability and capability in the GARs 17
3.1 Conceptual framework of managing the pandemic
as a disaster 36
5.1 Relationship between elements of risk perception 80
5.2 Overall risk perceptions in both areas (Surabaya and Medan) 86
6.1 A map of Khumbu showing Namche Bazaar and
Thulo Gumela 94
7.1 Different schemes of microfinance services currently
working in rural Bangladesh 110
7.2 Sustainable Rural Livelihood Framework (SRLF) with five
different types of assets to ensure livelihood security. This
image is adopted from Ellis (1999) 112
8.1 Reconquista Area (Barrios) 139
9.1 Water supply landscape in Rajshahi city 145
9.2 Problems with Tap water 147
9.3 Different levels of impacts experienced by the participants 149
9.4 Reasons for the disappearance of Dhopkols 151
9.5 Benefits of Dhopkols based on past and present experiences 152
9.6 Positive changes Dhopkols can bring to the community 153
9.7 A model to restore the Dhopkols to provide safe water 157
10.1 Regional developed countries’ bilateral public climate
finance flows to developing countries (in % from 2013 to 2017) 170
10.2 A sample framework capturing the possible role of the
formal financial sector in CDM financing 176
viii Figures
11.1 Conceptual framework used for the study. Adopted the
concept from March et al. (2005) 185
11.2 Study sites 186
11.3 Explanatory sequential design for building a qualitative
study from quantitative data. Adapted from Subedi (2016) 187
12.1 Women break the effects of cultural barriers 217
Tables
9.1 Data collection sources 143
9.2 Themes and sub-themes 144
9.3 Major Water supply works by Rajshahi WASA 150
9.4 Prospects of Dhopkols 155
10.1 Types of climate-induced disasters and their impacts 165
10.2 The Climate Risk Index (CRI) for 2017: 10 most affected
countries 167
10.3 Global climate finance flows statistics (amounts
in billion US$) 169
10.4 The investment chain and key actors involved 171
11.1 Capacities and vulnerabilities in both study sites 189
11.2 Gender roles in response to the crisis posed by COVID-19
lockdown in both study sites 195
11.3 Critical issues affecting livelihood, social issues, gendered
impact, and potential adaptation options in Moheshkhali
and Patharghata 196
11.4 Drivers of vulnerability, gendered impact, and governance
scale interventions 197