Author: Do Thi Diep
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-14-05
Year: 2014
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2014
Examination Committee: Kyoko Kusakabe (Chairperson); Philippe Doneys, Rajendra Prasad Shrestha (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The aim of this thesis is to examine the vulnerability and adaptation strategy of women in different marital status and livelihood settings because women are often recognized as more disadvantaged to climate –related risksthan men counterparts by many researchers. 120 farmer households and 30 women and men in different livelihood settings were chosen to test vulnerability and adaptive capacity of women and men in different social and economic backgrounds. The first result of thesis reveals the vulnerability of women in different marital status and livelihood settings in different arenas. Accordingly, women in households have many livelihoods based on “climate sensitive resources†are more vulnerable to burdens of increasingworkloads, credit shortage, and food insecurity. Among women in different marital status, widows and those as headed households are more disadvantaged than married and unmarried women due to their full responsibility to household survival without share ofpartners. The thesis then identifies women’s adaptation strategies regarding their vulnerable situation as above. As the result, women in general adapt well to climate risks by actively engage in range of adaptation activities in order to maintain and increase income as well. The result also shows that women in different status adapt to climate variability in different ways. Ultimately, women’s adaptation strategies affect gender relations intra household in certain way. The results of this thesis benefit policy makers and researchers in environmental protection and climate change’s adaptation strategies that more gender –neutral in next climate responses.
Scholarship Donor(s): The Consortium of Development Studies in Southeast Asia (CDSSEA); Supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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