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Invited perspectives: “Natural hazard management, professional development and gender equity: let's get down to business”
[...]gender diversity is scarce in the professional sphere of natural hazards, with consequences for managing vulnerabilities and career opportunities in academic research. [...]despite the global gender gap index decreasing over the years, challenges to gender equity (e.g. reaching equal political...
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Published in: | Natural hazards and earth system sciences 2022-01, Vol.22 (1), p.85-96 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | [...]gender diversity is scarce in the professional sphere of natural hazards, with consequences for managing vulnerabilities and career opportunities in academic research. [...]despite the global gender gap index decreasing over the years, challenges to gender equity (e.g. reaching equal political power, economic participation, educational attainment) are still strongly perceived. [...]practical actions, solutions, and strategies to close the gender gap must continue to be tested and researched, the actions' efficacy assessed, and their effects adequately monitored. [...]this perspective qualitatively explores a collection of 121 opinions of individuals identifying themselves as female and one opinion of an individual identifying themselves as non-binary working in the broad field of natural hazards (in academia and in the industry as practitioners or policymakers). The survey, i.e. link to the questionnaire with a short explanatory and motivational text, was advertised via email to the EGU NHESS author list and to a list of female professionals whom the authors had collected in their networks. [...]the survey was advertised on social media, particularly on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, through the personal accounts of the first two authors. |
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ISSN: | 1684-9981 1561-8633 1684-9981 |
DOI: | 10.5194/nhess-22-85-2022 |