Posted: July 8th, 2016

Factors Influencing women’s vulnerability to Hurricane Katrina

Women’s vulnerability to Hurricane Katrina

The Diversity Movement
The diversity movement suggests that there is strength in our differences and that our differences enhance each other.

At the same time, the movement insists that our differences should not have economic, social, or political consequences.

We are entitled to the same access to resources and opportunities regardless of our differences.

The human suffering from Hurricane Katrina and the images of victims has stimulated the debate about differential access to resources.

Read the report Women in the Wake of the Storm: Examining the Post-Katrina Realities of the Women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

Based on your reading, create a report answering the following:
Discuss the prominent dimensions of diversity revealed due to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Discuss factors that specifically influenced women’s vulnerability to Hurricane Katrina.

While answering, consider the primary and secondary dimensions mentioned in the lectures, such as parental and marital status, income, educational level, military experience, geographic location, work background, and religious beliefs.

Describe the implications for healthcare organizations as a result of the disaster.

Discuss at least two of the policy implications outlined in the report. If you were tasked to add another policy recommendation, what would it be and why?