Women Participation in Flood Risk Management: A Case Study in Char South Baladoba in Kurigram District

A. T. M.Zinnatul Bassar; Anjum Tasnuva

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Women Participation in Flood Risk Management: A Case Study in Char South Baladoba in Kurigram District

A. T. M.Zinnatul Bassar, Anjum Tasnuva

Published in American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 5 January 2017 Accepted: 14 January 2017 Published: 10 February 2017

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The study in char Baladoba of Begumgonj union of Kurigram district describes participation and role of women in the manipulation of a common disaster flood. By synthesizing the division of labor, it is seen that female members play a significant role compared to male members of the community, especially from the preparedness for flood disaster to response and tasks of post disasters as rehabilitation, reconstruction, restoration etc. Using a recent survey in this region, the paper finds that women have a positive role on mitigating seasonal deprivation although they can keep minor role decision making process. The results are robust. Although division of labor shows that women keep role in maximum effort, finally it is seen that the status of women and their importance to play role in decision making are ignored.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajep.20170601.12
Page(s)	7-17
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2017. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Flood, Women, Preparedness, Char

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A. T. M.Zinnatul Bassar

Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh
Anjum Tasnuva

Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

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A. T. M.Zinnatul Bassar, Anjum Tasnuva. Women Participation in Flood Risk Management: A Case Study in Char South Baladoba in Kurigram District. Am J Environ Prot. 2017;6(1):7-17. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20170601.12

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