Gender, Development, and Humanitarian Work

Conflict, displacement and natural disasters are experienced differently by men and women from the different risks and vulnerabilities they face during disasters to their changing roles, relationships, responsibilities and resources in preparing for and coping with crisis. Despite this differences between men's and women's needs are not always fully integrated into humanitarian interventions. Addressing gender issues from the outset can make the difference between success and failure. This collection of articles explores the interface between gender and humanitarian work. Several contributors focus on humanitarian activity during natural disasters or analyse responses to conflict. Others consider the post-crisis period of reconstruction and provide lessons and recommendations for conflict resolution and peace-building. While the difficulties of integrating gender equity goals into interventions are acknowledged, the authors argue that gender-blind responses can further endanger the survival of women and their families and their long term position in society and also deny them the opportunity of exercising their potential as peace-builders.

ISBN 0855984570   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780855984571 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 254 Publisher Oxfam Publishing   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxfam Professional   Series editor Sweetman, Caroline, Masika, Rachel Format Paperback   Series ISSN 0968-286 Publication date 20 Dec 2001   Series title Oxfam Focus on Gender Library of Congress 2002284882   Height (mm) 246 DEWEY 338.91   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 6 Pages 80   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Undergraduate

		Editorial by Caroline Sweetman and Fiona Gell and Deborah Clifton		2
		Saving and protecting lives by empowering women by Deborah Clifton and Fiona Gell		8
		Contested terrain: Oxfam, gender, and the aftermath of war by Suzanne Williams		19
		Gender, conflict, and building sustainable peace: recent lessons from Latin America by Caroline O. N. Moser and Fiona C. Clark		29
		Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts by Hisham Khogali and Parmjit Takhar		40
		Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts by Helen Leslie		50
		Gender and power relations in a bureaucratic context: female immigrants from Ethiopia in an absorption centre in Israel by Esther Hertzog		60
		Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy by L. M. Handrahan		70
		Reconstructing roles and relations: women's participation in reconstruction in post-Mitch Nicaragua by Sarah Bradshaw		79
		Resources		88
		Publications		88
		Organisations		95
		Electronic resources		97

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