Abstract:

In the world we live in, we frequently encounter disasters. Every day, loss of life and property is experienced due to disasters such as landslides, floods, earthquakes, avalanches, wars, industrial accidents and epidemics that occur in different geographies of the world. However, people also experience psychological and sociological destructions. Due to the disasters in the last century, millions of people lost their lives and billions of dollars in economic losses were experienced. The level of development of countries and their impact from disasters have become important in terms of resilience. A fundamental and complementary element of the efforts to create a disaster-resilient society under the leadership of the United Nations is the gender perspective. International research data reveal that women and men are affected by disasters in different ways in different geographies of the world and the variables and differences in coping mechanisms. Women, who are considered to be strong actors in integrated disaster administration, have undertaken contributing roles with their skills and cognitive awareness. Women may face vulnerable and disadvantaged situations in disasters due to their gender roles and social status. On the other hand, they can contribute to every stage of integrated disaster administration with their experience in disasters. In this context, being able to look at disasters from a gender perspective and learn lessons from experience will ensure success in disaster administration. In this study, the problems faced by women in disasters, especially the Haiti earthquake and the Japan earthquake, will be examined and solutions will be presented by evaluating the lessons learned.

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