Despite increased international commitment to disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiDRR) people with disabilities remain largely unseen, unheard and unaccounted for in DRR processes and planning. This is most marked amongst women with disabilities who experience specific gender, disability and poverty-based disadvantages, which disasters exacerbate. Our research found that women with disabilities are disproportionally impacted by disasters and are the least able to access institutional support across the preparedness, response and recovery phases of disaster events. Furthermore, the increased threat of violence following disasters heightens their risk of additional harm. In the absence of formal supports women with disabilities have few choices but to rely upon the social capital of their households and neighbours for assistance. They ‘recover’ in whatever ways they can – through short-term loans, reduced food consumption and/or migration – each carry significant costs to their longer-term resilience. This paper unpacks the root causes of women with disabilities’ marginalisation in disaster contexts, many of which are extensions of exclusionary processes that play out in their daily lives. We also present steps to position women at the centre of DRR discourse, which will benefit all.

尽管国际社会加大了对包括残疾问题在内的减少灾害风险（DiDRR）的投入，但在DRR流程和规划中，残疾人基本上仍然是看不见的，未曾听说过的，也没有得到解决。在遭受特定性别，残疾和基于贫穷的不利因素的残疾妇女中，这一点最为明显，这种情况加剧了灾害。我们的研究发现，残疾妇女受到灾难的影响最大，并且在灾害事件的准备，响应和恢复阶段获得机构支持的能力最差。此外，灾难后暴力威胁的增加也增加了他们遭受额外伤害的风险。在没有正式支持的情况下，残疾妇女别无选择，只能依靠家庭和邻居的社会资本来提供帮助。他们通过短期贷款，减少食品消费和/或移民等方式以任何可能的方式“恢复”，每一项都为其长期的复原力带来了可观的成本。本文探讨了在灾难情况下残疾妇女被边缘化的根本原因，其中许多是在日常生活中发挥排斥作用的延伸。我们还提出了将妇女置于DRR话语中心的步骤，这将使所有人受益。