In a 2008 report reflecting on the relief efforts, "Indian Ocean Tsunami Through the Gender Lens," Oxfam research suggests that third-gender "vulnerabilities worsened in the aftermath of the Tsunami".
Projected overhead throughout the performance — even during the awkward breaks — it was both a potent visualization of gender ambiguity, vulnerability and pain, and a garish distraction from music's transfixing intensity and beauty.
In 2013, an Oxfam research report on gender and vulnerability to cholera in Sierra Leone showed higher infection among unmarried males compared to married males [15].
Children traveling with parents, as well as all adult migrants regardless of gender and vulnerability, will be subject to the measures.
Particular attention will be given to the relationship between these indicators and sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics such as gender and vulnerability.
Common mental disorders continue to pose a significant public health burden in Kenya, and gender related vulnerability merits further research and is relevant for health worker training.
There is therefore a need to better understand how gender shapes vulnerability to ill-health and health sector responses so that health services can address the needs of women, men, girls, and boys more equitably (i.e. through channelling resources where they are most needed).
It is important to consider gender based vulnerabilities while designing interventions to combat mental health problems among disaster affected communities.
A more inclusive, contextually sensitive research agenda, addressing gender-related vulnerability is required.
