CONTENTS CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION OF DISASTER; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; • Hypothesis; • Research questions; • Chapterization; • Methodology; • Sources of data; • Mode of citation; CHAPTER II - NATURAL DISASTER AND ITS IMPACT; 2.1 Natural Disaster; 2.2 Classification of Natural Disaster; 2.3 Impacts of Natural Disaster; 2.4 Phases of Disaster; 2.5 Causal Factors of Disaster; 2.6 Indian Scenario; 2.7 Major Natural Disasters in India; 2.8 Natural Disaster and Asia; CHAPTER III - WOMEN AND NATURAL DISASTER; 3.1 Women Responding to Natural Disaster; 3.2 Impact of Natural Disaster on women; 3.3 Natural disaster and the Gender Gap in the Life Expectancy; CHAPTER IV - INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS & AGENCIES; RIGHTS OF WOMEN; PROTECTING THE; CHAPTER V -DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT -AN ANALYSIS; CHAPTER VI - CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY;