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dc.contributor.authorClissold, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorWestoby, Ross
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Karen E
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-15T04:55:29Z
dc.date.available2020-07-15T04:55:29Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0016-7185
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.05.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/395427
dc.description.abstractWomen have been framed as both passive victims and resourceful, dynamic actors in the face of acute and gradual disasters. Researchers and practitioners have highlighted the importance of resourcing and strengthening the diverse capacities and roles of women and women’s groups to avoid undermining disaster recovery prospects. Despite this, women’s voices, experiences and skills in disaster recovery, reconstruction and resilience often remain poorly acknowledged, underutilised and largely undocumented in regions like the Pacific. This paper provides insights into the situated and nuanced post-disaster experiences and strategies of ni-Vanuatu women, who are geographically in the most at-risk location globally. Drawing on ten focus groups, we found that, while recovering from the impacts of Cyclone Pam and the severe drought that followed, women demonstrated their critical roles as capital mobilisers, collectivising and leading forces, innovators and entrepreneurs. Despite being central recovery enablers, women continue to operate in, and be burdened by, a gendered and inequitable system. We, therefore, warn that disaster recovery praxis that resources and utilises women’s strengths must include efforts to improve women’s wellbeing, agency, livelihoods and prospects. This must be done through challenging underlying vulnerabilities and gender norms, and avoiding further burdens on women’s workloads.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom101
dc.relation.ispartofpageto110
dc.relation.ispartofjournalGeoforum
dc.relation.ispartofvolume113
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsGeography
dc.subject.keywordsGender
dc.subject.keywordsResilience
dc.subject.keywordsDisaster recovery
dc.titleWomen as recovery enablers in the face of disasters in Vanuatu
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationClissold, R; Westoby, R; McNamara, KE, Women as recovery enablers in the face of disasters in Vanuatu, Geoforum, 2020, 113, pp. 101-110
dc.date.updated2020-07-15T04:54:12Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWestoby, Ross


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