TY - JOUR

T1 - Assessment of Women’s Vulnerability and their Coping Mechanism Living in Flood prone Areas

T2 - A Case Study of Belkuchi Upazila, Sirajganj

AU - Juel Kutub, Rana

AU - Cvetković, Vladimir

AU - Hussain, Shahnaz Huq

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - Women are more vulnerable during disastrous situations compared totheir male counterparts. It was noted in many studies that among all othernatural disasters, flood causes immense sufferings of women due to thelow standard of living conditions and poor institutional arrangement in floodprone areas of Bangladesh. The geographical location and low elevation ofland with numerous rivers make Bangladesh really vulnerable. The focus ofthis research is to explore women’s vulnerability at the community level andways of coping with the consequences of floods. Both secondary and primarydata have been used and analyzed to identify vulnerability and the mechanismof women’s coping with floods at Khidrachappur, Baradul in Belkuchi Upazilla. The results of the study found that the consequences of floods havedifferent impacts on men and women. In addition, it has been found that inreality, women are affected more severely and that their role is quite negligiblein decision making, as well as their participation in training related toflood issues. Women suffer from physical injuries and are often evicted fromtheir dwellings due to floods. Difficulties in finding adequate shelter, food,safe water, and fuel for cooking, as well as problems in maintaining personalhygiene and sanitation, prevent women from performing their usual roles athome. Despite this heavy burden, which women bear in extremely difficultcircumstances, they demonstrate considerable fortitude and ingenuity intheir attempts to cope with floods by taking several steps like selling assets,moving towards higher places, storing dry food, social networking, borrowingmoney, collecting safe drinking water and managing household activities etc.It was noted that despite all adversities, women can cope with the consequencesof floods and show their resilience capacity.

AB - Women are more vulnerable during disastrous situations compared totheir male counterparts. It was noted in many studies that among all othernatural disasters, flood causes immense sufferings of women due to thelow standard of living conditions and poor institutional arrangement in floodprone areas of Bangladesh. The geographical location and low elevation ofland with numerous rivers make Bangladesh really vulnerable. The focus ofthis research is to explore women’s vulnerability at the community level andways of coping with the consequences of floods. Both secondary and primarydata have been used and analyzed to identify vulnerability and the mechanismof women’s coping with floods at Khidrachappur, Baradul in Belkuchi Upazilla. The results of the study found that the consequences of floods havedifferent impacts on men and women. In addition, it has been found that inreality, women are affected more severely and that their role is quite negligiblein decision making, as well as their participation in training related toflood issues. Women suffer from physical injuries and are often evicted fromtheir dwellings due to floods. Difficulties in finding adequate shelter, food,safe water, and fuel for cooking, as well as problems in maintaining personalhygiene and sanitation, prevent women from performing their usual roles athome. Despite this heavy burden, which women bear in extremely difficultcircumstances, they demonstrate considerable fortitude and ingenuity intheir attempts to cope with floods by taking several steps like selling assets,moving towards higher places, storing dry food, social networking, borrowingmoney, collecting safe drinking water and managing household activities etc.It was noted that despite all adversities, women can cope with the consequencesof floods and show their resilience capacity.

M3 - Article

VL - 2.2017

SP - 35

EP - 43

JO - Serbian Science Today

JF - Serbian Science Today

IS - 1

ER -