Resource capability for local government in mainstreaming gender into disaster risk reduction: evidence from Indonesia

Understanding how local government responds to gender vulnerability and gender capacity is important to make cities safer both for women and for men. However, little is known on how local government is empowered in terms of provision of capacity, resources and abilities to mainstreaming gender into disaster risk reduction and community resilience. The case of Indonesia pinpoints district government capability is vital to promote gender equality within local disaster risk reduction and resilience. The district government capability means the ability of local government to organise resources, competence and knowledge to meet the needs and concerns of women and men within disaster risk reduction process. This capability has been transformed into their ability in institutional and human resources policy and for providing financial, technical and leadership capabilities to promote gender equality into local disaster risk reduction and resilience. Experience of Bantul earthquake reconstruction shows a significant achievement has been made by this district in terms of local capability in mainstreaming gender. Among the most important factors related to district capability are women leadership, support from non-government organisations, women participation, financial resources and capacity of local gender institutions

Resource capability for local government in mainstreaming gender into sustainable post disaster reconstruction : Evidence from Bantul Indonesia

Understanding how local government responds to gender vulnerability and gender capacity is important to make cities safer both for women and for men. However, little is known on how local government is empowered in terms of provision of capacity, resources and abilities to mainstreaming gender into disaster risk reduction and community resilience. The case of Bantul post-earthquake reconstruction Indonesia pinpoints district government capability is vital to promote gender equality within local disaster risk reduction and resilience. The district government capability means the ability of local government to organise resources, competence and knowledge to meet the needs and concerns of women and men within disaster risk reduction process. This capability has been transformed into their ability in institutional and human resources policy and for providing financial, technical and leadership capabilities to promote gender equality into local disaster risk reduction and resilience. Experience of Bantul earthquake reconstruction shows an achievement has been made by this district in terms of local capability in mainstreaming gender. Among the most important factors related to district capability are women leadership, support from non-government organisations, women participation, financial resources and capacity of local gender institutions. The findings highlight the value of mainstreaming gender for disaster risk reduction, but policymakers should aware key resources capabilities that are needed to achieve effective implementation

Gender Mainstreaming and Sustainable Post Disaster Reconstruction,

Gender inequalities are barriers to achieve sustainable post disaster reconstruction. Mainstreaming gender equality within post disaster reconstruction process can enhance sustainability of reconstruction. Based on a detailed literature review on post disaster reconstruction, this paper identifies pre-requisite conditions for mainstreaming gender within sustainable post disaster reconstruction as ; awareness of gender needs and concerns, a strong gender policy framework, women participation and leadership as an agent of change, gendered institutional capability, flexible and decentralised structure of gendered policy planning

Gender Maistreaming and Sustainable Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Earthquake Regions in Indonesia

Mainstreaming gender within reconstruction is vital to enhance sustainable development in disaster affected regions. Promoting needs and concerns of women and men as well as their experience and knowledge in all process of reconstruction can fulfill sustainable post-disaster reconstruction. Studies have found that failure to address gender issues in post-disaster reconstruction will hinder the opportunities of reconstruction to achieve sustainable development. Yet, many cases of reconstruction activities across developing countries failed to promote gender mainstreaming. This research aims to provide policy-relevant findings regarding strategies for mainstreaming gender with the aim of achieving sustainability in post-earthquake reconstruction in Indonesia. The case of gender mainstreaming issues at post-disaster reconstruction at Bantul and Sleman Yogyakarta Indonesia were examined. Multiple case studies were applied to achieve the aim and objectives of the study. Accordingly, the sequential mixed-method approach was used with the primary data collection methods are semi-structure interviews and questionnaires. For analyzing the qualitative data, the study chooses content analysis technique along with descriptive and inferential statistics that be used for quantitative data analysis. This study confirms that women are not only more vulnerable but also have a larger number of vulnerabilities. Women face all dimensions of gender vulnerability during reconstruction. Among the most vulnerable groups are pregnant women, women with disabilities and older women. Despite their vulnerability, women can make a difference during reconstruction through their economic, social and environmental capacities. This study shows that women’s capacities in the economic, social and environmental dimensions not only substantially reduce their families’ and communities’ vulnerability but also enhance the sustainability of their families and communities following an earthquake. This study further shows that gender mainstreaming strategies within sustainable reconstruction should incorporate not only strategies for protecting against gender vulnerabilities but also strategies for promoting gender capacities. Both are fundamental to the achievement of sustainable reconstruction. Further, this study presents key enabling and constraining factors in the mainstreaming gender into sustainable post-disaster reconstruction. These stem from government, non-government organizations, and society. The key enabling factor on the part of government is strong women’s leadership, while the key enabling factor from society is support from active roles for women’s groups. This study shows that adequate technical and financial supports are the key factors from non-government organizations. The key constraining factor from the government is resistance from senior bureaucrats, whereas key constraining factors o

Proceedings of the ANDROID Doctoral School

The Doctoral School initiative which was set up by the ANDROID network is a core element of the overall project that aims to strengthen the link between research and teaching in the area of disaster resilience. The mixed teaching space that we have developed as part of this ongoing project has attempted to encourage and promote the work of doctoral students in this field. The ANDROID disaster resilience network doctoral school consists of two programmes: 1. Online Doctoral School (ODS) and 2. Residential Doctoral School (RDS) The interlinked programmes work together to deliver on a varied number of teaching and research driven objectives. The online doctoral school which was conducted in Spring 2013 provided an innovative platform to transfer and develop the knowledge base of doctoral candidates. This was achieved through the conduct of a series of domain expert presentations along with thematic sessions aimed at engaging the doctoral researchers in knowledge discovery through detailed discussion. The online doctoral school will be rolled out again in Spring 2014

Pro Poor Governance Dalam Pelayanan Publik

Poverty is a challenge and become responsibility of public administration, especially for the agenda of public management to give service delivery for citizens. Pro poor governance and eight measure for public service management solution is an alternative soultion for making service work for poor people. This framework based on three chain relations are between citizens and politicians, partnership between politicians and public service provider and partnership between public service provider and citizens through empowering voice of the poor.Kata kunci: Pro Poor Governance, Pelayanan Publik, MDG

Analisis kebijakan pengentasan kemiskinan di Indonesia

The developmental policy implemented currently, through Indonesia was prior to facing with economic crisis, indicated economically good performances. The economy growth achieved 7% per year, inflation was below two-digits level, and per capita income was us$1200 in 1996. It was an excellent achievement in economy development, compared to the condition of Indonesia several decades previously, at which Indonesia had been o poor country with per capita income not more than US$ 250. However, it has been realized completely that such ideal condition could, in fact, not be enjoyed by the whole community evenly. This can bee seen clearlyfrom the percentage of population living in poverty. Entering long-term development (PJP) II, there was 25,9 milliaon or 13,7 percent of Indonesian people still living in poverty (Sumodiningrat, 2001, p.31). This condition was get suffered by the occurrence of monetary crisis that grew then become multidimensional crisis that carried implications of the increase of the poor number. In addition, the crisis had increased number of the unemployed and poor people. Accourding to The Employment Departement estimation (in Sumodiningrat, 2001, p. 38), the amount of unemployment was predicted approximately 13,4 milion. BPS estimated the number of the poor increased to be 79,4 million or 39,1 precent. In view of this phenomena, and according to the mandate of Constitution of 1945, that is, development is conducted to improve all Indonesian people welfare, any efforts of formulating and implementing poverty reduction is very urgent to execute, mainly those living in proverty

Resource Capability of Local Governments in Mainstreaming Gender into Disaster Risk Reduction: Evidence from Bantul Indonesia

Abstract. This research aims to examine various local government capabilities for mainstreaming gender into disaster risk reduction in Bantul, Indonesia. Mixed methods, comprising qualitative and quantitative methods, were applied to explore key local government capability for effective mainstreaming gender into disaster risk reduction. There are various benefits of mainstreaming gender for enhancing disaster risk reduction. Women leadership, local government financial resources, availability of the local institutional framework, full participation of women, financial resources and effective collaboration with Non-Governmental Organizations are key capabilities that lead to effective gender mainstreaming. Keywords. Local government capability, gender mainstreaming, disaster risk reduction.Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menilai kemampuan pemerintah daerah dalam mengarusutamakan gender ke dalam pengurangan risiko bencana di Bantul, Indonesia. Metode campuran, yang terdiri dari metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif, diterapkan untuk mengeksplorasi kemampuan pemerintah daerah yang menjadi kunci untuk mengarusutamakan isu gender secara efektif ke dalam pengurangan risiko bencana. Terdapat berbagai manfaat dari pengarusutamaan gender untuk meningkatkan pengurangan risiko bencana. Kepemimpinan perempuan, sumber pendanaan dari pemerintah daerah, tersedianya kerangka kelembagaan lokal, partisipasi penuh perempuan, sumber pendanaan dan kolaborasi dengan Organisasi Non-Pemerintah yang efektif adalah kemampuan kunci yang dapat menghasilkan pengarusutamaan gender yang efektif.Kata kunci. Kemampuan pemerintah daerah, pengarusutamaan gender, pengurangan risiko bencana

Pro Poor Governance Dalam Pelayanan Publik

Poverty is a challenge and become responsibility of public administration, especially for the agenda of public management to give service delivery for citizens. Pro poor governance and eight measure for public service management solution is an alternative soultion for making service work for poor people. This framework based on three chain relations are between citizens and politicians, partnership between politicians and public service provider and partnership between public service provider and citizens through empowering voice of the poor