June 3, 1998 Special Presentation
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Contents:
Summary
Online Transcript
Download Transcript (MS Word File)
Original Presentation (Text File)
Slides: 1, 2
About Elaine Enarson
About the Gender Disaster Network
Download Responding to Domestic Violence in Disaster (MS Word File)
Additional Material
Bibliography - Gender Issues in Disaster: Selected Readings
Appendix A - Disaster Planning for Shelters
Appendix B - Planning Guidelines for Programs, Coalitions, and Disaster Practitioners
Background Sheets
Surviving Violence and Disaster
Does Domestic Violence Increase After Disaster?
Women's Services in Disaster Contexts: Direct and Indirect Impacts
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SUMMARYEIIP Virtual Library Online Presentation Special Presentation
Elaine explained she recently conducted a study in the US and Canada about preparedness and response in domestic violence programs. A gender and disaster bibliography was provided as background materials to indicate the range of work available that analyzes gender relations as a factor in human and social impact and response to disaster. The focus of Elaine's presentation was domestic violence against women with an explanation that this is part of a larger complex of family violence including the abuse of elders and children. As stated by the author, we are woefully ignorant of the extent or nature of violence in the aftermath of disaster and therefore not yet able to fully respond to post-disaster needs through long-term recovery. Elaine believes we need a sustained national research initiative to investigate the incidence of violence of all kinds in the wake of disaster. Although much of the dialogue centered around the issue of violence against women, gender issues for men in disaster contexts were also mentioned --- for example, the need for support services like child care for single fathers, non-traditional job opportunities, and male-friendly mental health services. The Virtual Library audience agreed gender issues are a relatively new topic for the emergency professional and there is a need for more dialogue, awareness, and training on this topic. |
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ELAINE ENARSON, Ph.D.
Elaine Enarson is currently a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia's Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre with a focus on gender issues in social impact analysis. She earned her PhD in sociology from the University of Oregon (1981) and has taught at Florida International University and the University of Nevada, Reno, where she was the director of women's studies. She is also a former director of the Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence. Introduced to disaster sociology by moving to Miami just in time to lose her home, she has researched women's disaster experiences in South Dade County, written on women's housing needs, and studied domestic violence and disaster in Canada and the US. Her article on gender issues in disaster sociology is forthcoming in Disasters. Most recently, she and Betty Hearn Morrow coedited The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women's Eyes, an international reader on women and disaster forthcoming in June from Greenwood Publishing. Her current research examines women's disaster work in Grand Forks and, with Joe Scanlon, gender patterns in flooded rural couples south of Manitoba. Most recently, she organized and lectured in Women in Disaster: Exploring the Issues, a two-day conference for women's services and provincial emergency practitioners. Elaine Enarson 604/929-6062 (tel) Mailing address: * * * * |
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GENDER DISASTER NETWORK
The Gender and Disaster Network homepage was inspired by an early-morning gathering of over 50 women and men attending the l997 Natural Hazards conference in Boulder, Colorado in July, 1997. The electronic network will be a vehicle for integrating gender equity issues into all aspects of emergency management theory and practice, and will help women and men working in the field share ideas, resources, and information. It is particularly useful for international collaboration. Currently maintained by Nicole Dash of the International Hurricane Center at the Florida International University in Miami, the site is still "under construction." Check it out-and send in your ideas. The site includes the sections:
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