Mainstreaming gender in disaster reduction: Why and how?

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-34

  Ginige, Kanchana ^a   Amaratunga, Dilanthi ^a   Haigh, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disasters; Gender; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649209557     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560910938510     Document Type: Article

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