[DIPECHO Network] New documents on www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org

Fri Sep 7 01:47:31 CDT 2007

>Dear Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioners,
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>We have posted 13 new documents on 
><<http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/>www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org>. 
>A quicklist and a descriptive list of these documents are presented below.
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>Happy Reading!
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>New documents on 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/>www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org 
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>List of documents (Click on document name to scroll down to description)
>    * Words Into Action: A Guide for Implementing the Hyogo Framework
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>    * Changing the Climate, Why Women Perspective Matters
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>    * The Gendered Nature of Natural Disasters: The Impact of Catastrophic 
> Events on the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy, 1981-2002
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>    * NGO Position Paper, Global Platform for disaster risk reduction, 
> recommended priority action for 2008-09
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>    * Country Report of Natural Hazards in Pakistan
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>    * Country Report of Natural Hazards in Bangladesh
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>    * Country Report of Natural Hazards in India
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>    * Country Report of Natural Hazards in Nepal
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>    * Women, Disasters Reduction and Sustainable Development
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>    * Gender and Natural Hazards
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>    * The Needs of Women in Disasters and Emergencies
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>    * Understanding The 2007 Floods in South Asia
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>    * Mountain Forum Bulletin, 2007, Melting Mountains
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>List of documents (Click on the title to reach the documents in detail)
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>UNISDR (2007), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=12&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=36e5c1d0547e14ecae266781367c1c69>Words 
>Into Action: A Guide for Implementing the Hyogo Framework, United Nation 
>International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), Geneva
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>The HFA emphasizes that disaster risk reduction is a central issue for 
>development policies, in addition to being of interest to various science, 
>humanitarian and environmental fields. Disasters undermine development 
>achievements, impoverishing people and nations. Without serious efforts to 
>address disaster losses, disasters will become an increasingly serious 
>obstacle to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
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>WEDO (2007), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=ee65c4d530139819da3fb1a18e4981e3>Changing 
>the Climate, Why Women Perspective Matters, Women Environment and 
>Development Organization, USA
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>Unquestionably, climate change will affect everyone. But women are the 
>most vulnerable and the best poised to curb the effects of climate change. 
>Yet they have remained invisible in these efforts. Governments' main tool 
>for tackling climate change-mitigation measures to slow down global 
>warming and adaptation measures to decrease the consequences-are not yet 
>reaching the most affected populations, particularly women.
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>Neumayer, E.; Plümper, T. (2007), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=e081439fbb5d7fa32d3c14277c0a3d42>The 
>Gendered Nature of Natural Disasters: The Impact of Catastrophic Events on 
>the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy, 1981-2002, Department of Geography and 
>Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK
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>In this article we address the specific vulnerability of girls and women 
>with respect to mortality from natural disasters and their aftermath. 
>Biological and physiological differences between the sexes are unlikely to 
>explain large-scale gender differences in mortality rates. Social norms 
>and role behavior provide some further explanation, but what is likely to 
>matter most is the everyday socio-economic status of women.
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>UNISDR (2007), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=502f2c602afdca7c59c77fef4506f0c3>NGO 
>Position Paper, Global Platform for disaster risk reduction, recommended 
>priority action for 2008-09, United Nation International Strategy for 
>Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), Geneva
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>As relief and development agencies working with communities and through 
>partners in Latin America, Africa and Asia, we are extremely concerned 
>about the impact of disasters on the world's poorest people. In order to 
>reduce the scale of loss and suffering, and increase the impact and 
>effectiveness of the Hyogo Framework for Action, we recommend that 
>governments occur on the following 8 priority actions in 2008-2009.
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>ADRC (2005) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=fbc93e4f676440094591d7c270e2f5fe>Country 
>Report of Natural Hazards in Pakistan, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, 
>Thailand
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>This is a country report of natural hazards in Pakistan. It mainly 
>highlights the legal system and framework and disaster management plan for 
>disaster risk reduction in Pakistan.
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>ADRC (2005) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=b19fb114630cb2e751b9225b7230c21b>Country 
>Report of Natural Hazards in Bangladesh, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, 
>Thailand
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>This is a country report of natural hazards in Bangladesh. It mainly 
>highlights the legal framework, disaster management plan and progress and 
>situation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Bangladesh.
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>ADRC (2005) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=8d16f394404bf7e48d5150404114fd6e>Country 
>Report of Natural Hazards in India, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Thailand
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>This is a country report of natural hazards in India. It mainly highlights 
>the legal framework, disaster management plan and progress and situation 
>of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in India.
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>ADRC (2005) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=8&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=cf2bd5409782b049a4b4200ed3fe51ed>Country 
>Report of Natural Hazards in Nepal, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Thailand
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>This is a country report of natural hazards in Nepal. It mainly highlights 
>the legal framework, disaster management plan and progress and situation 
>of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Nepal.
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>UNISDR (2002), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=10&link_id=57b57ce7e3144b28657faa9bd5657c66>Women, 
>Disasters Reduction and Sustainable Development, United Nation 
>International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), Geneva
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>This story conveys hope and the insight that both women and men are part 
>of the same society, which as we know, does not mean we have the same 
>rights, education and options to manage, neither in “normal” times, nor 
>when a disaster strikes. A few examples from Central America, India and 
>the Pacific illustrate how women’s action shows a way forward. Several 
>studies do confirm, however, that women are usually much more badly 
>affected than men when a disaster strikes, and when recovery begins. We 
>therefore need to address the specific concerns of women already in the 
>initial stages of designing disaster-reduction policies and measures.
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>Enarson, E. (2000), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=6571c439b38155052a9eb75b138165cf>Gender 
>and Natural Hazards, Recovery and Reconstruction Department, Geneva,
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>This report identifies four general impacts that disasters have on women’s 
>work, and calls for more investigation of men’s specific work experiences 
>in disasters. First, women’s economic insecurity increases, as their 
>productive assets are destroyed, they often become sole earners, their 
>household entitlements may decline, their small-businesses are hard-hit, 
>they lose jobs and work time, and gender stereotypes limit their work 
>opportunities. Second, women’s workload increases dramatically. They often 
>take on more waged or other forms of income-generating work; engage in a 
>number of new forms of “disaster work,” including emergency response and 
>political organizing; and have expanded responsibilities as caregivers. 
>Third, women’s working conditions in the household and paid workplace 
>deteriorate, for example through lack of child-care and increased work and 
>family conflicts. Fourth, women recover more slowly than men from major 
>economic losses, as they are less mobile than male workers, likely to 
>return to paid work later, and often fail to receive equitable financial 
>recovery assistance from the government and/or external donors.
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>Wiest, R. E.; Mocellin J. S. P.; Motsisi. T; 
>(1994) 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=26&keyword=&Start=10&link_id=30171a47f8bec997031610a1b1e9a77e>The 
>Needs of Women in Disasters and Emergencies, The university of Manitoba
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>The principal objective of this report is to provide a general overview of 
>the problems experienced by women in disasters and emergencies. Other 
>objectives are to address the gender bias in disaster related research, 
>the critical analysis of established roles of women, the attention needed 
>by operational agencies to the special needs of women together with 
>dependent children, and the integration of the report findings with 
>disaster-related research in general. Given the current status of this 
>field, the report also addresses how to build effectively on existing 
>experience and mechanisms for mobilizing women toward greater preparation 
>in facing disasters and emergency situations.
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>AIDMI (2007), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=31&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=dd2342942633758313c2f790395cdc14>Understanding 
>The 2007 Floods in South Asia, Nepal
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>A newsletter from All India Disaster Management Institute, Special Issue, 
>August 2007,
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>Mountain Forum (2007), 
><http://www.disasterpreparedness.icimod.org/viewcontent.php?country_code=&id=31&keyword=&Start=0&link_id=4275cb900b30a266afcc8557eaed7478>Mountain 
>Forum Bulletin, 2007; Melting Mountains, Nepal
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>A bulletin from Mountain Forum, July 2007
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