Long-term gendered consequences of permanent disabilities caused by the 2005 Pakistan earthquake

Disasters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-464

  Irshad, Humaira ^a   Mumtaz, Zubia ^b   Levay, Adrienne ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disability; Disasters; Earthquake; Gender; Pakistan; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DISABILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE 2005; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PARAPLEGIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PARAPLEGIA; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84862495825     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01265.x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Bern, C., et al. (1993) 'Risk factors for mortality in the Bangladesh cyclone of 1991'. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 71(1). pp. 73-78.
2. Burnad, F., et al. (2006) Tsunami Aftermath: Violations of Human Rights of Dalit Women, Tamil Nadu, India.
3. Cannon, T. (2000) 'Vulnerability analysis and disasters', in D.J. Parker (ed.), Floods. London: Routledge. pp. 45-55.
4. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development.
5. DAA (Disability Awareness in Action) (1996) Disabled Women Resource Kit No. 6. London: Disability Awareness in Action.
6. Enarson, E. (1998) 'Through a woman's eyes: a gendered research agenda for disaster social science'. Disasters. 22(2). pp. 157-73.
7. Enarson, E. (2000) Gender and Natural Disasters. InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction Working Paper 1. Geneva: International Labour Organization.
8. Enarson, E., and L. Meyreles (2004) 'International perspectives on gender and disaster: differences and possibilities'. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 24(10-11). pp. 49-93.
9. Fletcher L.E., E. Stover, and H.M. Weinstein (2005) After the Tsunami: Human Rights of Vulnerable Populations. Berkeley, CA: East-West Centre, University of California.
10. Fordham, M. (2004) 'Gendering vulnerability analysis: towards a more nuanced approach', in G. Bankoff, G. Frerks, and D. Hilhorst (eds.), Mapping Vulnerability: Disaster, Development and People. London: Earthscan. pp. 174-82.
11. Fothergill, A. (1998) 'The neglect of gender in disaster work: an overview of the literature', in E. Enarson and B.H. Morrow, The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women's Eyes. Westport, CT: Praeger. pp. 11-25.
12. Gomez, S. (2006) Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Disaster Management: Practical Steps to Ensure Women's Needs Are Met and Women's Human Rights Are Respected and Protected. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development.
13. Government of Pakistan (2006) Social Protection Strategy: 2006-2009. Islamabad: Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority.
14. Hamilton J. and S. Halvorson (2007) 'The 2005 Kashmir earthquake: a perspective on women's experiences'. Mountain Research and Development. 27(4). pp. 296-301.
15. Hines, R. (2007) 'Natural disasters and gender inequalities: the 2004 tsunami and the case of India'. Race, Gender & Class. 14(1-2). pp. 60-8.
16. Ikeda, K. (1995) 'Gender differences in human loss and vulnerability in natural disasters: a case study from Bangladesh'. Indian Journal of Gender Studies. 2(2). pp. 171-93.
17. Kanchana, R. (2008) 'Temporality of disasters: the politics of women's livelihoods "after" the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka'. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 29(3). pp. 325-40.
18. Kim S.J. and A.S. Elnashai (2009) 'Characterization of shaking intensity distribution and seismic assessment of RC buildings for the Kashmir (Pakistan) earthquake of October 2005'. Engineering Structures. vol. 31, no. 12. pp. 2998-3015.
19. Laverick S., S. Kazmi, and S. Akhter (2007) 'Asian earthquake: report from the first volunteer British hospital team in Pakistan'. Emergency Medicine Journal. 24(8). pp. 543-6.
20. Mahmood, A. (2006) Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment: Pakistan, 2005-06. Islamabad: Population Council.
21. Masai, R., L. Kuzunishi, and T. Kondo (2009) 'Women in the Great Hanshin earthquake', in E. Enarson and P.G. Chakrabarti (eds.), Women, Gender and Disaster. New Delhi: Sage. pp. 131-41.
22. Mumtaz, Z. and S. Salway (2009) 'Understanding the gendered influences on women's reproductive health in Pakistan: moving beyond the autonomy paradigm'. Social Science and Medicine. 68(7). pp. 1349-56.
23. Niaz, U., et al. (2006) 'Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder and co-morbid depression in earthquake survivors in NWFP, Pakistan: a preliminary study'. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society. 3(2). pp. 98-101.
24. NIPS (National Institute of Population Studies, Pakistan) and Macro International Inc. (2007) Pakistan Demographic Health Survey, 2006-2007. Islamabad: NIPS and Macro International Inc.
25. Oxfam (2005) The Tsunami's Impact on Women. Oxfam Briefing Note. Oxford: Oxfam International.
26. Pittaway, E., L. Bartolomei, and S. Rees (2009) 'Gendered dimensions of the 2004 tsunami and a potential social work response in post-disaster situations'. International Social Work. 50(3). pp. 307-19.
27. Rathore, M.F.A., et al. (2007) 'Epidemiology of spinal cord injuries in the 2005 Pakistan earthquake'. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 89(3). pp. 579-85.
28. Rees, S., E. Pittaway, and L. Bartolomei (2005) 'Waves of violence: women in post-tsunami Sri Lanka'. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. 2005 (2). pp. 1-6.
29. Sayeed, A. (2009) 'Victims of earthquake and patriarchy: the 2005 Pakistan earthquake', in E. Enarson and P.G. Chakrabarti (eds.), Women, Gender and Disaster. New Delhi: Sage. pp. 142-51.
30. Seager, J. (2006) 'Noticing gender (or not) in disasters'. Geoforum. 37(1). pp. 2-3.
31. Tauqir S.F., et al. (2007) 'Complications in patients with spinal cord injuries sustained in an earthquake in northern Pakistan'. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 30 (4). pp. 373-7.
32. UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) (2005) GEO Yearbook 2004-5: An Overview of Our Changing Environment. Nairobi: UNEP. pp. 55-70.
33. USGS (United States Geological Survey) (n.d.) 'Earthquakes with 50, 000 or More Deaths'. Last updated October 2009.
34. WHO (World Health Organization) (2002) Gender and Health in Disasters. Geneva: WHO.
35. Wiest, R. (1998) 'Comparative perspectives on household, gender and kinship in relation to disaster', in E. Enarson and B.H. Morrow, The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women's Eyes. Westport, CT: Praeger. pp. 63-80.
36. nd edn. London: Routledge.