Enabling women’s empowerment in post disaster reconstruction

COBRA 2008 - the construction and building research conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:

This study explores women’s status in post disaster situations and examines the concept of empowerment in response to the need to include women’s contribution to disaster management and to emphasise its importance in building disaster resilient communities. It discusses the factors that influence women's empowerment in post disaster reconstruction.

This study was based upon a theoretical as well as practical ideas obtained through comprehensive literature review.