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This study investigates the gender-specific losses in well-being resulting from a tropical cyclone in Bangladesh, revealing distinct impacts on men and women across several key areas, including food security, sanitation, healthcare, unpaid labour, paid employment, and gender-based violence. Women encountered greater obstacles to accessing healthcare and bore a heavier burden of domestic work, while men faced more pronounced income losses.

These findings underscore the urgent need for sex-disaggregated data in disaster assessments to inform policies and recovery strategies that are responsive to gender considerations. The rapid assessment tool utilized in this study effectively captures these gender-specific impacts and aligns with the data requirements of the Sendai Framework, thereby contributing to the development of targeted, gender-sensitive policies.

About the speaker

Dr is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy. Her research is situated on the nexus of agriculture, environment and development in the Asia-Pacific region. She has worked extensively on agriculture and food policy, natural disasters and women’s empowerment in South and Southeast Asia.

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Image credit: Image of woman walking past makeshift shelters, Cyclone Sidr aftermath, Bangladesh 2007, by , on , used under licence.