Disaster Risk Reduction

Do Adaptation and Coping Mechanisms to Extreme Climate Events Differ by Gender? The Case of Flood-Affected Households in Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines.

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

This study was conducted to identify and analyse gender-differentiated adaptation measures and coping mechanisms formulated and implemented by households during Typhoon Frank (international name Fengshen), in barangays Cayos and Bantud Fabrica, Municipality of Dumangas, in the Province of Iloilo, Philippines. The survey was conducted among 120 respondents who were randomly selected from the barangay local …

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Security in Adversity: Highlighting Coastal Women’s Agency and Efforts to Organize after Haiyan

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

The paper aims to highlight coastal village women’s experiences with post disaster relief and rehabilitation. Using the postHaiyan experiences of women in the island-village of Bayas as a case study, the paper also emphasizes the opportunity that post-disaster contexts provide for coastal village women’s agency. Qualitative data for the study were gathered through a series …

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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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