Short communication: quantitative analysis on gender related vulnerabilities and fatalities in disaster situations in South Africa
Abstract
South Africa is a country which faces major challenges with disasters. The aim of this short communication is to report on the findings of current research that assesses the general fatalities which are recurrent over the years and are likely to increase when there is a disaster of magnitude. Representation of data by Statistics South Africa has improved over the years since the previous calculations were done and this has allowed the previous model to be redesigned to suite the vailable data making the calculations slightly more accurate. The notable increase of disaster related death rates in women since 2015 necessitates further assessments of the risk factors of this cause. Thus there is a need of future studies to focus on monitoring and ensuring that the female disaster related death rates. The socio-economic vulnerability still exists among women in South Africa. The results of this study can therefore be used by relevant stakeholders to assess in detail factors that are leading to increases in DRDR.
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