Women’s Participation in Disaster Management: towards Institutionalization of New Norms and Practices in Charlands.

Nusrat Jahan Chowdhury

Abstract

In absence of an effective disaster management system in the charlands; people continue to lose their income and assets. Women in remote char areas are the worst victims of disasters. In this context, some local NGOs have implemented different programme as a part of disaster management strategies to reduce the vulnerability of women and to increase the capacity to face disaster. The strategies are centered on women’s participation in disaster risk management activities, and have gradually transformed women from being passive recipient of relief to an active participant in disaster management. Despite difficulties, poor women and NGOs have successfully redefine the role of women in the different phases of disaster management.

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