12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
[P-27] HERSTORY: FACILITATING PARTICIPATORY DISASTER RISK ASSESSMENT TO THE SINGLE-MOTHERS OF SUB-URBAN POOR RESETTLEMENT HOUSING IN PHILIPPINES
Keywords:single mother and disasters, resettlement government housing project , participatory capacities and vulnerabilities assessment, community and gender based disaster risk reduction and management, understanding risk
This poster will illustrate the major findings of the participatory risk assessment of single mothers of Phase 1k Phase 1k, Kasiglahan Village, Rodriguez, Rizal. Using Participatory Capacities and Vulnerabilities workshop tools, single-mothers gauge their exposure, vulnerability and capacity to hazards in their community which contributed to their knowledge as which hazards are most likely to occur and to have the biggest impact on their community and in their assets. The poster will highlight also their coping mechanism, adaptive measures and strategies when they faced disasters. Based on the research workshop, it was shown that their community is a flood-prone area and earthquake-prone due to different structural factors such as poor urban development planning. Kasiglahan Village is a low-cost housing facility build by National Housing Authority that aims to relocate urban poor families in Metro Manila. The single mothers who are co-researchers pointed out that houses built for them did not have the adequate structural integrity to withstand an earthquake and positioned in the high-risk areas such as near fault lines and riverbanks.
Moreover, single-mothers in Phase 1k is one of the sectors who are most vulnerable to experience disasters due to their pre-existing conditions such as lack of financial income as their livelihood relies on the informal economy. Single-mothers are the sole provider of resources and care of the children. When natural hazard strikes; it will intensify their responsibility to their household in which will result in a detrimental effect on their physical, psychological and economic well-being. However, single-mothers pointed out during workshops that they have the ability to cope up. If in case of flood and other emergencies they prepared to evacuate to safer spots in their community by utilizing their early warning system.
With this, HERSTORY responds to the challenges of the previous studies on disaster risk reduction to have a gender-sensitive and pro-poor perspective in understanding and managing disaster risk as this participatory research provides space for the vulnerable women to share their own experiences and aspirations in their/her own voice.
Moreover, single-mothers in Phase 1k is one of the sectors who are most vulnerable to experience disasters due to their pre-existing conditions such as lack of financial income as their livelihood relies on the informal economy. Single-mothers are the sole provider of resources and care of the children. When natural hazard strikes; it will intensify their responsibility to their household in which will result in a detrimental effect on their physical, psychological and economic well-being. However, single-mothers pointed out during workshops that they have the ability to cope up. If in case of flood and other emergencies they prepared to evacuate to safer spots in their community by utilizing their early warning system.
With this, HERSTORY responds to the challenges of the previous studies on disaster risk reduction to have a gender-sensitive and pro-poor perspective in understanding and managing disaster risk as this participatory research provides space for the vulnerable women to share their own experiences and aspirations in their/her own voice.