Title:
Gender Dynamics in Disaster Response: A Review of Coastal Regions in Bangladesh

Authors:
Syeda Shagin Akhter, Bangladesh

Abstract:

Bangladesh’s coastal regions are increasingly exposed to climate-induced disasters, with women and gender-diverse populations bearing disproportionate impacts due to entrenched socio-cultural norms, economic marginalization, and exclusion from institutional decision-making. This review critically analyses the gender-specific challenges related to disaster response in coastal Bangladesh while investigating both exposed areas and adaptive capabilities. The paper uses academic research and real-world and policy-oriented evidence to explain how disasters increase gender inequalities by limiting mobility and creating health risks while damaging the economy and increasing rates of gender violence. Alongside this analysis the research illustrates how women perform crucial duties beyond recognition such as home care and warning transmission and adaptive sustenance management and local community guidance. This assessment identifies multiple gender integration gaps alongside problems with data systems along with budgeting deficiencies and absent accountability systems. The paper ends with applicable solutions to advance inclusive disaster risk reduction (DRR) that stress both intersectional strategies and gender-sensitive budgeting requirements and institutional development and workforce training. The research establishes that women empowerment serves both legal rights protection needs and core requirements for establishing climate-resistant communities throughout Bangladesh.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51505/IJEBMR.2025.9522