‘I do not like her going to the shelter’: Stories on gendered disaster (im)mobility and wellbeing loss in coastal Bangladesh
Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, (2020). ‘I do not like her going to the shelter’: Stories on gendered disaster (im)mobility and wellbeing loss in coastal Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50 n/a-n/a
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Sub-type Journal article Author Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja Title ‘I do not like her going to the shelter’: Stories on gendered disaster (im)mobility and wellbeing loss in coastal Bangladesh Appearing in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Volume 50 Publication Date 2020-11 Place of Publication Amsterdam Publisher Elsevier Start page n/a End page n/a Language eng Abstract The literature body on cyclone strikes in Bangladesh suggests that people sometimes fail to evacuate, and that more women than men have died in past disasters. People’s reasoning and decision-making leading up to their disaster (im)mobility are strongly embedded in social structures such as gender systems. Subjective non-evacuation behaviours are founded in collective understandings and reproductions of social values. People’s perceptions around these values therefore offer important empirical evidence that helps us understand who, how and why some people end up immobile or ‘trapped’ when disaster strikes. This study builds on individual and collective unstructured people-centred storytelling sessions and discourse analysis. The storytelling study captured rich empirical insights around the notions of disaster (im)mobility, and their links to the existing power and gender systems. Three thematic areas were identified including; safe and unsafe spaces for women and men, female and male knowledge, and male and female experiences of ‘internal damages’, trauma and mental ill-health. The insightful storylines of socially immobilising attitudes can support building robust climate policy and DRR frameworks that better protect our most vulnerable people across the globe. UNBIS Thesaurus MENTAL HEALTH
GENDER
NATURAL DISASTERS
DAMAGES
EVACUATION
DISASTER VICTIMSCopyright Holder The Author Copyright Year 2020 Copyright type All rights reserved DOI 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101904 -
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