Gender and Disaster: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Violence Against Women in Nepal
Gender and Disaster: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Violence Against Women in Nepal
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DOI：
10.1177/00219096211062474
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发表时间：
2021-12-28
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通讯作者：
Shrestha, Sumeera
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作者：
Bradley, Tamsin;Martin, Zara;Shrestha, Sumeera
2015年4月，尼泊尔廓尔喀地区发生7.8级地震。5月，又发生了第二次地震。尼泊尔在2017年经历了另一场自然灾害。洪水从东到西影响了这个国家的大片地区。本文利用定性和定量数据，考察了这些气候灾害对暴力侵害妇女行为的影响。在这样做的过程中，它为探索性别暴力和自然灾害的交叉点的文学作品增添了一个虽小但日益增长且至关重要的文学作品。众所周知，全世界35%的妇女遭受过身体暴力和/或性暴力。我们对其他事件对这些数字的影响知之甚少。考虑到气候变化日益加剧以及不利影响将持续存在的现实，了解自然灾害的有害遗产现在比以往任何时候都更加紧迫。
In April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Gorkha district of Nepal. This was followed in May by a second earthquake. Nepal experienced another natural disaster in 2017. Floods affected large swathes of the country from east to west. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, this article examines the impact of these climate disasters on violence against women. In doing so, it adds to a small but growing and fundamentally important body of literature that explores the intersections of gendered violence and natural disaster. It is well-established that 35% of women worldwide have experienced physical and/or sexual violence. What we know much less about is how other events impact on these figures. Given the growing intensity of climate change and the reality that adverse impacts are here to stay, understanding the detrimental legacy of natural disasters is now more urgent than ever.