TY  - SER
AU  - Phonenipha Philangam
AU  - Kusakabe,Kyoko
AU  - Doneys,Phillippe
AU  - Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen,
ED  - Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship,
TI  - Gender role variations after a human-induced flood: a case study of hydropower dam collapse in Attapue Province, Lao PDR
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Pathum Thani, Thailand
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Induced seismicity
KW  - Lao
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Women
KW  - Relations
N1  - A thesis submitted in patial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies; Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2021
N2  - Resource rich Laos is a land locked developing country that highly rely on the  exploitation its natural resources namely wood based industry, mining and hydropower  dam construction. These types of development are not sustainable except hydropower  dam that could imply in the improvement of the livelihood of rural household through  irrigated agricultural production and fisheries. The Dam construction, however pose  some risk starting from its construction and Laos has experience several Dam collapses  at different scale. The most affected is the incident in Attapeu province in Southern  Laos that turned to be a major disaster. Such incidents have a great impact to the local  people. As a result, it is critical to look at the effects of disasters on men and women's  lives, as well as the challenges they face as a consequence of disaster. Data information  has collected in Khokkong Village, Sanamxay District in Attapue Province through key  informant interviews, questionair survey and in-depth interviews have been conducted  for this study.  The research explores the pattern of the gender livelihood pre and post disaster to find  out the change in the occupation of men and women in different categories of household  impacted by the flood disaster and the challenges that they face. Findings suggest that  women and men occupation had changed the pattern into a more collaborative  management of their day to day lives and a more organized paid and unpaid work as  the result ofliving condition change. For this it is found that women are more vulnerable  in every aspect of activities.  The result ofthis research could be used to correctly understand the problem that occurs  at household level and use the findings as supporting justification to address needy  assistance to respond to the impact and provide correct remedy.
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