젠더 관점에서 바라본 영국의 재난피해자 지원정책에 관한 연구 = Drawing Gender-Sensitive Policy Implications from the UK`s Assistance Policy for Disaster Victims

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The United Nations emphasizes the need to promote gender equality in disaster risk reduction initiatives and assistance policy. In Korea, there is a growing concern for gender-sensitive disaster victim assistance. Nonetheless, the field of gender-sensitive approaches for disaster management is not well researched, and accordingly has failed to draw the attention of academics as well as practitioners in the Korean context, despite its great importance in assuring resilience. In the UK, the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, which coordinates the multi-agency efforts of central government departments for effective disaster management at a national level, currently specifies a disaster victim assistance policy entitled ‘Meeting the needs of those affected by an emergency’ in its official guidance, ‘Emergency Response and Recovery’. Under these circumstances, the research attempts to draw gender-sensitive policy implications from the UK`s assistance policy for disaster victims, in order to provide cross-cultural lessons from a gender perspective. The policy implications drawn are as follows: ① the Introduction of ‘Female Police Family Liaison Officer’, ② Gender-sensitive mental health treatment for disaster victims, ③ Gender-sensitive allocation of disaster appeal funds, and finally ④ the Provision of disaster assistance for multi-cultural families from a gender perspective. The study further suggests that evidence-based research for more practical initiatives or programs should be conducted in the near future, based on the aforementioned policy implications.