A Study on Women's Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal: A Case Study of Training Women for Safer Homes

Yoko Saito and Yoshiteru Murosaki
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Yoko Saito: School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University
Yoshiteru Murosaki: School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan Social Innovation Journal, 2012, vol. 2, issue 1, 18

Abstract: This empirical study focuses on women's potential roles in Community-Based Disaster Management through a training program developed for women based on the preliminary research, which targeted three communities within the Kathmandu Valley.The study assessed the process of developing the training program and stressed that the importance of empowering of women for disaster management, and using gender-based social networks for building disaster-resilient communities.

Keywords: Community Participation; Gender; Community-Based Disaster Management; Non-Structural Measures; Kathmandu (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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