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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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Minorities within Minorities: Filipino Muslim Women in the Midst of Armed Conflict

1991-2000, Case Study, Foreign, Journal/Magazine/Review / By

This paper focuses on the impact the war has had on Filipino Muslim women and the consequent role women take in peace making. The first two sections will describe the ongoing armed conflict and will provide the oppressive context of the war such as existing conditions of poverty, inadequate civic services, graft and corruption in …

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Economically Challenged Women in Disaster Risk Management: Toward a Resilient Filipino Community

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

The study measures and describes the impact of disaster preparedness sessions on the perception of economically challenged women in Philippines. By using a mixed qualitative and quantitative research method the study found that: 1) the majority of women participants are willing to undergo training in disaster preparedness; 2) their awareness in disaster preparedness improved from …

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