젠더 관점에서 한국의 재난안전관리 체계에 대한 비판적 검토와 제안: 일본의 ‘재해여성학’을 중심으로

On January 30, 2023, the wearing of masks indoors was lifted except for hospitals and public transportation. The pandemic, which was unlikely to end, seems to be entering a new phase. On the other hand, discrimination and inequality in Korean society revealed by the pandemic remained a challenge. The effect or extent of the so-called “equal to all, unequal to some” differs from person to person because “all people are not equal, and discrimination and social inequality according to gender, class, race, etc.” Therefore, inequality caused by disasters is not an individual problem, but a social structural problem. In particular, gender inequality, which already existed even before the pandemic, became more and more dramatically visible during the pandemic period when the epidemic was raging around the world. If the inequality caused by disasters is not personal, but social structural, and especially if it is intensified by gender inequality in disasters, disaster management and response systems also need to be restructured from a gender perspective. Based on this critical mind, South Korea's disaster safety management system is critically reviewed. In addition, as a theoretical basis for seeking a disaster management and response system from a gender perspective, this study examines ‘disaster women's studies’ that have recently been discussed in Japan.