1 00:00:04,501 --> 00:00:08,661 This article derives from the research carried out in the 2 00:00:08,661 --> 00:00:12,321 framework of the project Gender, Disasters and Risks in 3 00:00:12,321 --> 00:00:15,261 which a group of researchers from several 4 00:00:15,261 --> 00:00:18,081 iberoamerican universities, including the University of 5 00:00:18,081 --> 00:00:20,841 Oviedo, have dedicated ourselves to an straighten 6 00:00:20,841 --> 00:00:24,321 the social dimensions of the disaster and especially 7 00:00:24,321 --> 00:00:27,225 the aspects related to gender relationships. 8 00:00:27,291 --> 00:00:28,281 The main 9 00:00:28,281 --> 00:00:31,401 findings show us a protagonist role by men eh carry 10 00:00:31,401 --> 00:00:34,681 out actions because very visible with great 11 00:00:34,681 --> 00:00:39,061 visibility, use force, dynamism, make decisions 12 00:00:39,061 --> 00:00:45,341 eh for moments their report roza a narrative com 13 00:00:45,341 --> 00:00:46,425 Epic or nah? 14 00:00:46,463 --> 00:00:48,147 Just like real heroes. 15 00:00:48,212 --> 00:00:49,360 Hey this leaves 16 00:00:49,361 --> 00:00:50,905 the women in the background. 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,780 And yet we have identified 18 00:00:52,781 --> 00:00:55,301 that they too play a very important and relevant 19 00:00:55,301 --> 00:00:57,272 role when it comes to saving people. 20 00:00:57,321 --> 00:00:58,060 They do it in 21 00:00:58,061 --> 00:01:00,808 a perhaps less protagonist way. 22 00:01:00,886 --> 00:01:02,220 But fundamental. 23 00:01:02,221 --> 00:01:03,370 They give suggestions. 24 00:01:03,442 --> 00:01:05,740 They look out for the 25 00:01:05,741 --> 00:01:08,081 most vulnerable and the dependent, 26 00:01:08,081 --> 00:01:09,166 underage people. 27 00:01:09,234 --> 00:01:12,220 Hey elderly relatives, who have 28 00:01:12,221 --> 00:01:13,657 mobility issues. 29 00:01:13,767 --> 00:01:16,860 And their and recommendations 30 00:01:16,861 --> 00:01:20,101 are strategic to put those people safe the information they 31 00:01:20,101 --> 00:01:23,221 transmit is also important eh facing the community 32 00:01:23,221 --> 00:01:25,861 to identify where these people are and how to get them 33 00:01:25,861 --> 00:01:30,181 out of the emergency and something very in 34 00:01:30,181 --> 00:01:31,861 teresante that we have identified is that in 35 00:01:31,861 --> 00:01:34,861 addition These activities are carried out collectively, 36 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:37,162 from the community, establishing networks, right? 37 00:01:37,221 --> 00:01:38,401 Communications department. 38 00:01:38,401 --> 00:01:41,941 Unlike men that their activity is usually like a 39 00:01:41,941 --> 00:01:44,237 little more individual, right? 40 00:01:44,254 --> 00:01:45,129 More isolated. 41 00:01:45,194 --> 00:01:45,640 Our 42 00:01:45,641 --> 00:01:48,401 research challenges the belief that women are mere 43 00:01:48,401 --> 00:01:53,801 passive victims of rescue and expands the conceptual 44 00:01:53,801 --> 00:01:57,461 limits of what we can understand about a rescue—that 45 00:01:57,461 --> 00:02:01,481 is, if we want to understand what happens when a 46 00:02:01,481 --> 00:02:05,201 disaster strikes we should look not only at male behavior 47 00:02:05,201 --> 00:02:08,501 that already It is very analyzed and it is the social 48 00:02:08,501 --> 00:02:12,521 norm but also to look at women and what it brings us. 49 00:02:12,521 --> 00:02:16,101 These findings are only interesting from a 50 00:02:16,101 --> 00:02:18,501 scientific standpoint but could also have 51 00:02:18,501 --> 00:02:22,221 a practical impact on disaster risk management 52 00:02:22,221 --> 00:02:27,221 making management much more efficient and equal.