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Title:	Disparate Coping Strategies for Gendered effects of Drought: a Call for Re-examination of Gender Roles and Harmful Traditions in Central Tanzania
Author(s):	Rasel Mpuya Madaha, (University at Buffalo)
Citation:	Rasel Mpuya Madaha, (2012) "Disparate Coping Strategies for Gendered effects of Drought: a Call for Re-examination of Gender Roles and Harmful Traditions in Central Tanzania", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 3 Iss: 3
Article type:	Research paper
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract:	Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to facilitate an understanding of influence of gender roles in drought so as to come with relevant recommendation aimed at bettering the lives of men, women and girl children. Design/methodology/approach - Data have been collected via participant observation, interviews and collection of unpublished primary and secondary data generated by case studies conducted by the author. After which, content analysis was employed for its potentiality as a means of systematically identifying, classifying and analyzing information relevant to this study. Please refer to the attached manuscript for details. Findings - It is argued in this study that the survival of the community, in Central Tanzania, is questionable because effects of drought have reached intolerable levels and strategies adopted aren’t that helpful. More specifically, socially assigned gender roles, position women and girl children at the most disadvantageous position as the main victims of the disaster. Accordingly, gender roles have to be changed, if the effects of drought have to be mitigated and the community rescued from disappearance. Research limitations/implications - It would have been impossible to conduct such a large scale research, if I were not employed by organizations working in the study areas. Moreover, accessibility of such information would have been impossible by a regular researcher. Funding agencies are not interested in research which involve long time observations. Practical implications - It would have been useful if deeper water-bores are constructed so as to ensure long term supply of water. Moreover, rain fed agriculture is no longer reliable. For that reason irrigation should be promoted by construction of structures to facilitate trapping of rain water. In other words, water from rain can be trapped and be used for irrigation. Usually the region is flooded during rain season and that is an indication that rain water can be harvested. Originality/value - The research is original as data obtained cannot be easily accessed by short term researchers who have inadequate knowledge of the community and cannot observe season changes. Practitioner, social scientists and natural scientists, engineers and contractors included, can have their confidence in the findings: the findings are ready to be used. For more details please visit http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1759-5908&volume=3&issue=3&articleid=17045715&show=pdf&PHPSESSID=s3gaeoh1hgvvasqshaq9mjua01or click here