This collection of articles explores the ways in which emergencies affect men and women differently, from the risks and vulnerabilities they face during disasters to their changing roles and responsibilities and the resources they bring when preparing for and coping with disaster. It also considers the ways in which humanitarian responses influence the nature of gender relations.Some contributors focus on humanitarian activity during natural disasters and analyze responses to conflict; others consider the post-crisis period of reconstruction and provide lessons and recommendations for conflict resolution and peace building. The book includes case studies drawn from Latin America, Israel, and Kyrgyzstan

Editorial; Caroline Sweetman, Fiona Gell, and Deborah Clifton; Saving and protecting lives by empowering women; Deborah Clifton and Fiona Gell; Contested terrain: Oxfam, gender and the aftermath of war; Suzanne Williams; Gender, conflict and building sustainable peace: recent lessons in Latin America; Caroline O.N.Moser and Fiona C. Clark; Empowering women through cash relief in humanitarian contexts; Hisham Khogali and Parmjit Takhar; Healing the psychological wounds of gender-related violence in Latin America: a model for gender-sensitive work in post-conflict contexts; Helen Leslie; Gender and power relations in a bureaucratic context: female immigrants from Ethiopia in an absorption centre in Israel; Esther Hertzog; Gendering ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan: forgotten elements in promoting peace and democracy; L.M.Handrahan; Reconstructing roles and relations: women's participation in reconstruction in post-Mitch Nicaragua; Sarah Bradshaw; Resources; Compiled by Nittaya Thiraphouth; Publications; Organisations; Electronic resources