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When Disaster Strikes: A quantitative study on the affect aid has on natural disasters and women’s human rights.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

It has been shown that women suffer unproportionate risks when faced with climate change and natural disasters. That natural disaster increases previous vulnerabilities and inequalities. The studies on the way natural disasters affect human rights have however been inconclusive. This thesis aim is to further the understanding of the impact natural disasters have on women’s rights by exploring if this relationship is conditional on development aid. The study will be conducted through a quantitative method constructed from data on climate related natural disasters, the amount of aid received as well as the respect for women’s political, economic, and social rights. The results indicate that natural disasters cause negative effects on women’s rights, but thateven smaller amounts of aid could reverse that impact. It does however also indicate that the relationship between aid, natural disasters and women’s rights depend on a lot of different factors. Additionally, the results indicate a difference in how each group of rights respond to aid after natural disasters. That aid might have a positive impact on reversing the negative effects of natural disasters for political rights while it might not for economic rights. 

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2023.
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Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-503264OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-503264DiVA, id: diva2:1762029
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Master Programme in Human Rights
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Available from: 2023-06-02 Created: 2023-06-02 Last updated: 2023-06-02Bibliographically approved

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