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Gender Dimensions in Disaster Management : A Focus on Aquaculture and Fishing Communities in the Philippines

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Chow, Morgan

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Many nations that invest in aquaculture and fisheries for improved nutrition and food security are located in areas prone to natural disasters, such as typhoons. While all residents are vulnerable to the effects of disasters, research suggests that women are disproportionately affected at all stages of disaster management: preparedness, response,...

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Masters Thesis

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economic trends in places; yet they do not fundamentally change these trends (Kates, 1997). Because women
"Freedom from what?" : Iraqi women's narratives from the 2003 U.S.-led war

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Mohtashamipour, Sahar (Soudeh)

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This research explores the experiences of Iraqi women during and after the 2003 U.S.-led war (2003-2011). The aim of the project was to provide an occasion for a group of Iraqi women to give voice to their lived experiences of war and to document these voices, adding their subjective perspectives...

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voices of women upon whom many of the socio-economic and psychological burdens of war fall: Voices
"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

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Watson, Annaliese

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Haiti's political and economy history has led to a maternity care system that lies out of reach, geographically and financially, of most Haitians, resulting in excessively high maternal and infant mortality. The most common birth practitioners are homebirth midwives (matwòns), who attend roughly three-fourths of all births in Haiti (UNICEF),...

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Masters Thesis

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State University Anthropology Department, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, and the