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Ensuring Protection in Response and Equity in Recovery

As in every disaster, certain groups were more vulnerable than others to the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). Two-thirds of those who lost their lives were over 60 years old. Response efforts to the catastrophe also affected socia...

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Main Authors:	Saito, Yoko, Shibuya, Hironobu, Arnold, Margaret, Ishiwatari, Mikio
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADVICE TO WOMEN ADVOCACY ADVOCACY EFFORTS AGE DISTRIBUTION AGING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOLISM AWARENESS RAISING BASIC NEEDS CHILD REARING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT COUNSELING DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITIES DISABLED PERSONS DISASTERS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ELDERLY ELDERLY PEOPLE EMERGENCIES EQUAL PARTICIPATION ETHNIC GROUPS EXISTING INEQUITIES FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY BUREAU GENDER PERSPECTIVE GENDER PERSPECTIVES GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOMES HOUSES HUSBANDS ILLNESSES INCOME-GENERATION ACTIVITIES INEQUALITIES INFANTS INFORMAL ECONOMY INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LIMITED RESOURCES LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL WOMEN LONG-TERM CARE MATERNAL CARE MENTAL HEALTH MINISTRY OF HEALTH MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OLDER PEOPLE ORPHANS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PENSIONS PLAYING POSTPARTUM CARE PREGNANT WOMEN PRESS RELEASE PRIVACY PROPORTION OF WOMEN PROVISION OF SUPPORT PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS RAPE RESPECT SEXUAL HARASSMENT SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHING THOUGHTS UNICEF VICTIMS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS WOMEN WITH CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18273109/ensuring-protection-response-equity-recovery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16138

Ensuring Protection in Response and Equity in Recovery

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