Green Global
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GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE: VULNERABILITY OF RURAL POOR WOMEN IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 1 - 4)

This study addresses the explicit vulnerability of rural poor women with respect to sexual violence during the flood of 2013 and 2014 in Sundarganj Upazila of Gaibandha district of Bangladesh. The study was carried out with 580 rural women from five different flood affected villages. Among the flood affected women, 81% of the age group 18-41 felt sexually insecure during the flood and post-flood rehabilitation. About 57% of the respondents experienced several types of sexual violence and at least 14% of them were raped or faced attempt to rape. The study found that the vulnerability was highly dependent on the socio-economic status of the women. Women from female headed households are more vulnerable than the male headed households.Download