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Blending Theory and Practice

Blending Theory and Practice. Brenda D. Phillips, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University Fire & Emergency Management Program Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events. Evidence-Based Best Practices. Why use theory?. Why tie it to practice?. To sensitize To generate insights

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Blending Theory and Practice

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  1. Blending Theory and Practice Brenda D. Phillips, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University Fire & Emergency Management Program Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events

  2. Evidence-Based Best Practices Why use theory? Why tie it to practice? To sensitize To generate insights To explain To predict To identify holes in planning, preparedness, response To say out loud “I never thought of that before…” To identify a fuller range of those at risk To increase stakeholder involvement To build capacity

  3. Dare to use the “F” word…feminist! • A feminist is concerned with differential risks that people experience because of gender….. • And links those gender-based risks to poverty, income, disability, development status, sexuality…. • Women in developing nations at risk of assault during disaster relief efforts; girls subjected to human trafficking during massive disasters. • Male-dominated professions with higher risk of exposure: police, firefighters, military. • Traditional roles that compel men and women to behave in gender-constrained ways with perilous consequences. • Lack of access to lgbt partners, property, resource during disaster.

  4. A sampling of feminist thinking… • Liberal Feminism • A concern with rights, justice, equal opportunity. • Multi-racial feminism • A concern with exclusion of women of color by mainstream feminists, looks at the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, income. • Feminist political-ecology theory • A concern with gender and environmental justice. What is the impact of environmental devastation on the bodies, lives and futures of women and girls?

  5. Liberal Feminism • Identify the practical needs of women and children throughout the disaster event and how institutional arrangements can adapt to their needs: child care, domestic violence, employment, housing access. • Recruit and retain women staff in disaster recovery organizations, with particular attention paid to involving women from disaster-vulnerable populations and locations. • Train and educate disaster recovery staff and volunteers in working with women of various educational, income, age and disability levels. • Target women-owned businesses and female-dominated nonprofits in business recovery and economic development programs.

  6. Multi-Racial Feminist Theory • Involve organizations that empower women of color to participate in the recovery planning and implementation processes and pay them for their contributions. • Build social networks between women’s groups involving women of color in recovery activities including funding initiatives and programs that pay for and/or reimburse staff and volunteer labor. • Facilitate the active participation of women from underrepresented groups in disaster recovery planning. • Target women leaders from diverse cultural groups for leadership positions in recovery staff and voluntary organizations.

  7. Feminist political ecology theory • Conduct risk assessment for women and girls when environmental disasters occur. • Involve women environmental leaders in planning mitigation activities for the full range of recovery needs in housing, environment, infrastructure, and businesses. • Increase networking between disaster organizations and women involved in environmental justice and sustainable development organizations. • Integrate women involved in local health and safety issues, including technological disasters and hazardous materials, for long-term research on the effects of these substances for women and children.

  8. Gender and Disaster Networkwww.gdnonline.org • The Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. It emerged during the July 1997 Natural Hazards Center workshop in Denver, Colorado. • Resources available for you: • A network of scholars and practitioners who really care. • Downloadable materials, handouts, workbooks, reports. • A searchable sourcebook • List serve. • Events, jobs, and more.

  9. Suggested Resources…… • Elaine Enarson and Brenda Phillips. 2008. “Invitation to a new Feminist Disaster Sociology: integrating feminist theory and methods.” Pp. 41-74 in Women and Disasters: from theory to practice, ed. B. Phillips and B.H. Morrow. • Gender and Disaster Network sample resources: • Vulnerability analysis tools, http://www.gdnonline.org/sourcebook/chapt/sec_view.php?id=2&sectid=2.2. • Gender based violence tools and links, http://www.gdnonline.org/sourcebook/chapt/doc_view.php?id=2&docid=41 • Practice guides and checklists, http://www.gdnonline.org/sourcebook/chapt/sec_view.php?id=2&sectid=2.3

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