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Women’s empowerment following disaster: a longitudinal study of social change

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  • Jenny Moreno

    (The University of Manchester)

  • Duncan Shaw

    (Alliance Manchester Business School, Humanitarian and Conflict Research Institute, The University of Manchester)

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This paper examines changes in gender relations in a small coastal community as a result of the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami. Vulnerability and resilience are used as a conceptual framework to analyse these changes. Based on empirical evidence from a seven-year longitudinal study and quasi-ethnographic work, we explore changes in power relations at the different stages of the disaster and longer-term recovery as well as the conditions that fostered these changes. Our findings show distinct patterns of change. First, disasters can trigger long-lasting changes that challenge historical patriarchal relations. Second, while vulnerability increases following a disaster, resilience can potentially counteract women’s vulnerability. We propose that resilience can be a pathway to produce long-term changes in gender relations and empower women in the context of disasters.

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  • Jenny Moreno & Duncan Shaw, 2018. "Women’s empowerment following disaster: a longitudinal study of social change," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 92(1), pages 205-224, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:92:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s11069-018-3204-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-018-3204-4
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