Empowering Women for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study of Geologically Based Disaster at Yan, Kedah, Malaysia

S U M Tobi; K A Razak; Y M Siow; L H S Ramlee; N A M Aris

Empowering Women for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study of Geologically Based Disaster at Yan, Kedah, Malaysia

Date

2023

Authors

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

This paper seeks to build an initial understanding on the importance of gender perspective through review of literature and single case study of Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) program conducted at Yan, Kedah. Data was collected through survey questionnaires and focus group discussion with women that had experienced the geological disaster that occurred on the 18th of August 2021.

Citation

Tobi, S. U. M., Razak, K. A., Siow, Y. M., Ramlee, L. H. S., & Aris, N. A. M. (2023, February). Empowering women for disaster risk reduction: a case study of geologically based disaster at Yan, Kedah, Malaysia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1144, No. 1, p. 012013). IOP Publishing.