Case Study

Unpacking the Post-Haiyan Disaster Resettlement Narratives of Young Filipino Women Informal Settlers in Tacloban City, Philippines

2011-2020, Case Study, Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender, Gender Mainstreaming, Journal/Magazine/Review, Other Philippine Publication / By

Post-disaster resettlement narratives encapsulate the complex mobile–spatial processes that are embedded in a post-disaster context. The existing literature on disaster relocation and resettle-ment accords primacy to the logistical, practical, structural, and physical dimensions of residential transitioning. Building on this knowledge, this study conducted a spatial narrative inquiry to generate a link to mobile–spatial realities interspersed …

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How Can Promoting Women’s Participation (And Agency) And Responding to Their Needs Improve Disaster Risk Reduction? Case from Post-Disaster Reconstruction (Operations and Measures) in the Philippines and Sri Lanka

2011-2020, Case Study, Disaster Risk Reduction, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development, Uncategorized / By

For gender-responsive disaster risk reduction (DRR), the most essential step to be taken might be the translation of DRR into an opportunity to transform unequal gender relations which are root causes of women’s vulnerability and exclude them from decision-making processes for DRR. Women and other marginalized groups of people are often regarded as more vulnerable …

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Women in Natural Disasters: Indicative Findings in Unraveling Gender in Institutional Responses

2011-2020, Book/Handbook/Booklet, Case Study, Gender Mainstreaming, International Organization, Laws and Policies / By

This study was undertaken in order to compile policies and practices on women’s protection in situations of natural disasters and to document best practices in gender mainstreaming in natural disaster response and assistance, particularly, those that provide spaces for women’s participation. It was guided by an institutionalist perpective that sought to locate gender in laws, …

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