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 …
Prior to Haiyan, the Eastern Visayas was already one of the poorest and most trafficking-prone regions in the country. The calamity increased physical, social and economic insecurity of vulnerable populations. Traffickers preyed on displaced men, women and children, many of whom were struggling to cope with the death of family members and the destruction of …
This Gender Snapshot report captures the situation of women and girls in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines from the period of June to July, 2020. Several topics were discussed, which includes the impacts of the pandemic to the economic and mental health situation to women, violence against women due to lockdown …
