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Women in crisis situations with emphasizing on earthquake and flood

The women in Iran have numerous and diverse tasks. Expectations of society from Iranian women multiply in the aftermath of the earthquake or flood. After the earthquake and flooding, they have to perform the role of males of their households in addition to their duties and responsibilities. This research aims to find the main challenges faced by Iranian women during crises and to provide local and practical solutions to resolve them. This research was conducted by qualitative method through attending at various crisis situations, such as Bam earthquake (2002), Azerbaijan earthquake (2012) Bushehr, flood (2012), etc., aid worker’s observation, holding focus groups and in-depth interview with young girls and women hit by earthquake and flood, and review of internal and external researches. This research succeeded to identify and examine 15 the main challenges faced by Iranian women during earthquake and flood aftermath. Qualitative and field operations demonstrate that the said challenged have not been the focus of serious and ongoing attention of Iranian policymakers, managers, and workers.

Ensie Loghmani

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In partnership with: Iranian Red Crescent Society & Shirazeh Publishing
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2013
Loghmani, E. (2013). Women in crisis situations with emphasizing on earthquake and flood. In partnership with: Iranian Red Crescent Society & Shirazeh Publishing .
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60273211
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