Using sex and age disaggregated data to improve humanitarian response in emergencies

Gender and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-232

  Benelli, Prisca ^a   Mazurana, Dyan ^a   Walker, Peter ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; gender and generational analyses; humanitarian assessment; humanitarian assistance; relief; sex and age disaggregated data (SADD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863443418     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2012.687219     Document Type: Article

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