Thesis/Dissertation

Risk, Resilience and Responsibilisation Gendered Participation and Empowerment in Informal Settlements of Metro Cebu, the Philippines

2011-2020, Book/Handbook/Booklet, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Economic Development, Foreign, Gender, Gender Mainstreaming, Thesis/Dissertation / By

In Metro Cebu, calls for creating a more ‘sustainable’ and ‘resilient’ city are also placing urban poor communities in an increasingly precarious position, with those living in areas classed as ‘danger zones’ simultaneously facing intensified pressures of displacement in the name of risk management. Amidst this context of multiple and overlapping forms of risk and …

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Kababayen-an han karak-an (Women of Storm Surges): A Feminist Ethnographic Research on Waray Women Survivors

2011-2020, Book/Handbook/Booklet, Cultural Development, Disaster Risk Reduction, Foreign, Gender, Thesis/Dissertation / By

This ethnographic research discusses how do Warat women survivors make meaning of super typhoon Yolanda as expressed in their survival testimonies and disaster symbolisms, how they view their everyday life in relation to the rain, rivers, and the sea, and how they mobilize memories of Yolanda to engage in practises of social repair. This on-site …

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Gender Dimensions in Disaster Management: A Focus on Aquaculture and Fishing Communities in the Philippines

2011-2020, Book/Handbook/Booklet, Disaster Risk Reduction, Economic Development, Foreign, Gender Mainstreaming, Thesis/Dissertation / By

This study focuses how gender dimensions affects the disaster management through looking the aquaculture and fishing communities in the Philippines. hile all residents are vulnerable to the effects of disasters, research suggests that women are disproportionately affected at all stages of disaster management: preparedness, response, and recovery. These inequities contribute to a diminished community capacity …

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