A review of 39 papers on domestic violence has assessed the lived experiences of Australian women enduring disasters while suffering domestic violence to better inform emergency management policies and improve safety for women in future disasters.
Catastrophic flooding in New South Wales and southeast Queensland has led to lost lives, homes, belongings, pets and livelihoods. As the process of cleaning up after the floods continues, we can expect an often unspoken outcome of natural disasters.
More needs to be done to recognize GBV as a core disaster management issue. Alyssa Thurston thinks one reason policies have failed to support women is because they have not adequately included women in disaster planning.
Disaster-related violence against women and girls must now be formally recognised in violence prevention, health sector responses and disaster management strategies
This gender-blind approach means that other aspects that threaten women and girls’ safety and health, such as gender-based violence, can be overlooked.
There is a complex but clear link between climate impacts and violence against women and girls, with violence rising during and after climate-induced disasters.
In Isiolo County, Kenya, ethnic women are disseminating awareness-related information on COVID-19 and gender-based violence through the use of local radio stations.
International Centre for Climate Change and Development
This report is for humanitarians working in fragile contexts that are likely to be affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. It is organised around broad themes and areas of focus of particular importance to those whose programming
