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1. Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster

Authors : Veena N., Kyoko Kusakabe

Published in: Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster in Asia

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Disasters are both physical and social events and their impact is disproportionately borne by the most disadvantaged communities with the fewest resources to mitigate it. Women’s reproductive and care responsibilities also increase the impact of disaster. Women also have fewer resources to rely on, which hampers their recovery process. In disaster situations, land rights form a key resource. The vulnerability of people, specifically women, with insecure land rights increases exponentially in a disaster situation. As a result, efforts are underway to formalise land rights of marginalized people and increase joint titling of marital property. The case studies in this book suggest that such well-meaning efforts do not always help women; on the contrary, they increase women’s vulnerability to disaster by weakening and eroding their customary land rights. A nuanced approach to gender and land rights would be more useful to women and other disadvantaged groups in the process of disaster preparedness, mitigation and recovery and reconstruction.

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Title: Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster
Authors: Veena N.
Kyoko Kusakabe
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Gender and Land Tenure in the Context of Disaster in Asia
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-16615-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-16616-2

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16616-2_1

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