Participant Travel Support for the Gender Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop and Training; August 10-12, 2004; Honolulu, HI

向夏威夷檀香山东西方中心提供了旅费，以增加美国和国际学者参加两性平等和减少灾害风险讲习班的人数（2004年8月10日至12日，檀香山夏威夷）。该国际讲习班提供了一个论坛，以交流信息、对话和行动规划，并以性别和灾害研究这一新领域的科学知识为基础。虽然灾害社会科学历来不注重性别问题，但最近的经验研究表明，性别关系在决策、紧急情况下针对不同性别的需求和能力以及性别作为风险认知和应急准备的一个因素方面具有实际和理论意义。将从性别的角度来审查减轻和减少社会对自然、技术和人为灾害的脆弱性的实用和基于科学的战略，以建立一个更具包容性和代表性的关于灾害中社会结构和人类互动的知识库。来自美国和发展中国家高风险国家的妇女和男子将分享他们以社区为基础、政府和学术界在性别和灾害研究新领域的专门知识。该奖项使社会和自然科学领域的年轻学者和知名学者能够参加研讨会，重点是增加妇女参与历史上由男性主导的关于危害、灾害和社会的对话。他们将与来自世界各地的从业人员和决策者一道，介绍区域案例研究，制定研究议程和当前的国际文献目录，并确定在全球和地方采取减少风险举措的“最佳做法”。会议也将是在代表不足的妇女和来自高风险国家的人之间建立新的网络和指导关系的重要场所，为今后在这一领域的研究和行动合作奠定坚实的基础。

Travel funds were awarded to the East-West Center of Honolulu, Hawaii to increase representation of US and international scholars at the Gender Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction workshop (Honolulu Hawaii, August 10-12, 2004). The international workshop provides a forum for information exchange, dialogue and action planning informed by science-based knowledge in the new field of gender and disaster studies. While disaster social science has not historically focused on gender, recent empirical studies demonstrate the practical and theoretical significance of gender relations in decision-making, gender-specific needs and capacities in emergencies, and gender as a factor in risk perception and emergency preparedness. Practical and science-based strategies for mitigating and reducing social vulnerability to natural, technological and human-induced hazards will be examined from a gender perspective to develop a more inclusive and representative knowledge base about social structure and human interaction in disasters.Women and men from the US and from high-risk nations in the developing world will share their community-based, governmental and academic expertise in the new field of gender and disaster studies. This award enables young and established scholars in the social and natural sciences to attend the workshop, with emphasis on increasing women's participation in the historically male-dominated dialogue about hazards, disasters and society. They will join practitioners and policy-makers from around the world who will present regional case studies, construct a research agenda and current international bibliography, and identify "best practices" for engendering risk reduction initiatives globally and locally. The meeting will is also an important venue for forging new networks and mentoring relationships between under-represented women and persons from high-risk nations, building a strong foundation for research and action collaboration in this area in the future.