February 26, 2024 3:45pm-5:00pm | Women and Urban Flooding Vulnerability
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This research talk is bringing together several experts on climate change issues to discuss the impacts of environmental risks on vulnerable communities and society from a cross-regional perspective. Based on a research study by Ly Quoc Dang, the discussion centers on Can Tho City (Vietnam), identifying how women in Can Tho City experience the impacts of flooding on their health, income, household and personal finances. Participants discuss limitations to women’s participation in flood-related planning activities. Drawing on a feminist framing, participants not only offer insight into the unique harms that women experience from floods, but also demonstrate that women have important knowledge and insights into flood-related planning. The discussion serves as an important reminder to governments to integrate a gender perspective in better understanding climate vulnerabilities, such as flooding in risk management strategy policies.
Presented by the Environmental Science and Management Program, the Sustainability Seminar Series and Research on Interdisciplinary Global Studies (RIGS) and supported by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
