GENDER
SUPER TYPHOON
HAIYAN
snapshot
ONSET Women rarely confident of swimming, survival skills
Men are more confident of survival skills
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last to evacuate, ensure themselves safe
likely to put themselves at risk to rescue loved ones, guard assets Men did the ‘physical saving’: search & rescue
first to evacuate
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likely to put themselves at risk to ensure loved ones are in safe places Women did the ‘physiological saving’: relief distribution
Right After
As the cash economy broke down ...
Men together, w/ support of children:
...the care economy was the lifeline of communities
Women together, w/ support of children:
foraged:
built temporary shelters
food
fuel
water
prepared and distributed:
cared for the sick
food
milk
water
Now Men took over care work
Women earned income (CFW)
Some role reversals have occured
Women add & diversify:
Men return or shift: ...but downgraded or shift entirely into familiar work
Coping with lost/diminished livelihoods
...by going into new ventures & adding more supplemental ones
More jobs ,roles have expanded
Same jobs ,less pay
With lower incomes, frustrations increase
more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior
victims of gender based violence
Negative Coping Strategies
More likely to be indebted to loans
female ‘working students’ are common – sex work: clients are professors & business men > at higher risk now
more males provide sexual favors to males in exchange for cash to study (fare)
Persistent gender inequalities pre-disaster lead to differences in response, coping and implications for recovery
Children & Adolescents: “Forced to Become Adults”
More Likely to Leave School
Source: Oxfam, Haiyan Gender Snapshot
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Creation date: 11 July 2014
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