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

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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Nasaan si Nanay?: A Phenomenological Analysis of Household-Level Disaster Risk Management in Pama Sawata, Caloocan City, Philippines.

Considering the subjectivity of the Philippines into different number of calamities, the distribution of vulnerabilities among men and women remains unequal. Although men and women are equipped with different skills and capabilities, women are still deemed vulnerable with regards to environmental disasters. The upheaval of this phenomenon can be attributed to the absence of gender …

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Reality Check: Gender Mainstreaming in a JICA-Funded Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Project in the Philippines

This research used a qualitative approach—drawing on semi-structured interviews, document analyses, and a non-participant structured observation—to explore JICA’s gender mainstreaming framework, how it affects a Philippines’ disaster risk reduction and management project, and how the local partners influenced the mainstreaming of gender within the rehabilitation programme. It followed JICA’s gender mainstreaming framework starting from the …

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