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How violence against women and girls undermines resilience to climate risks in Chad
- Source :
- Disasters
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- What consequences does ‘everyday violence’ have on the abilities of survivors to protect themselves from further risks? This paper seeks to establish the linkages between violence and people's resilience capacities to survive and adapt to environmental changes, particularly those living in fragile economic and political contexts such as Chad. It investigates not only how the adverse consequences of violence against women and girls affect the health status and livelihoods of survivors, but also their capacities, and those of their household and community members, to further protect themselves from other risks. Empirical evidence collected in Chad as part of the BRACED (Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters) programme shows that ‘everyday violence’ undermines resilience‐building at the individual, household, and community level. These results have serious implications for development programmes and the role they need to play to better promote both gender equality and resilience to shocks and stresses.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Risk
Paper
Economic growth
Adolescent
Chad
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Climate Change
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0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
Violence
Affect (psychology)
01 natural sciences
Young Adult
Politics
Political science
Humans
Survivors
Empirical evidence
resilience
gender equality
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
media_common
021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Gender equality
Community level
gender‐based violence
General Social Sciences
Middle Aged
Resilience, Psychological
Livelihood
Papers
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Female
Psychological resilience
risks
Climate extremes
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14677717 and 03613666
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Disasters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....63bdfc2516e387f90a0754c2a5f49d61