...Atoosa Hassani; Mahmood Fayazi; Zoheir Mottaki; Morteza Adib; Ramin Dehbandi; Yasamam Khalili Gheidari; Fatemeh Seraji Purpose This study investigates why Turkmen women’s traditional handicraft skills have declined and explains how the local, traditional craft skills accelerated the post-flood...

...Dr Carol Mutch and Dr Jay Marlowe; Liz Gordon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight and report on women's work during and after the Christchurch earthquakes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports findings of some of a large number of life history interviews conducted...

... Keywords: Gender, Natural disasters, Sri Lanka, Tidal waves, Women http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/09653561111111090 This article originally appeared in Volume 20 Number 1, 2011, pp. 63-81 Disaster Prevention and Management The following articles were selected...

...Kristin S. Scharffscher Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between local women's relief initiatives and international relief workers in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka, during the post‐tsunami emergency. Design/methodology/approach Interviews with representatives from women's...

...Dilanthi Amaratunga; Richard Haigh; Kanchana Ginige; Dilanthi Amaratunga; Richard Haigh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of gender mainstreaming into disaster reduction decision making as a way of reducing disaster vulnerabilities of women, a highly vulnerable group...

...Rajib Shaw; Merilyn Childs Purpose This paper aims to critically appraise the representation of women through photo‐essays used immediately following the December 26, 2004 tsunami disaster. Through analysis of photo‐essay images published online, the author argues that women were largely...