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Gender and natural disasters : points to ponder

by Rochelle Jones 

Research conducted in 2000 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Suggests that gender is an important dimension within disasters such as the Indian Ocean tsunamis. It has been argued that vulnerability to natural disasters and their consequences is gendered and socially constructed, meaning that women and men face different challenges during natural disasters because their roles in society have been constructed differently.
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