Gender Dimensions of

Climate Change
Adaptation in Coastal
Communities of The
Philippines
Group 3
CORONA, CARL DAVID, JERA
DALIVA, ANGEL DELA CRUZ, ERINN
 ABSTRACT
 
 This research aims to determine the gender dimensions of climate change adaptation in
selected Filipino coastal municipalities located within Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, and
Batangas provinces. The study is important to a lot of Filipino fisheries-dependent
communities as well as the impact of climate change. The research will provide
necessary information on how gender contributes to climate change, and how to deal
with it.
 Data gather through random sampling to 30 marine resource users, along with purposive
sampling of at least one village official and conservation leader, This study uses the data
collected in the Philippines.
 Public outreach and education activities are common components of climate change
adaptation toolkits that seek to improve local adaptive capacity through knowledge and
awareness (Lata and Nunn, 2011). Throughout all study sites, men and women were
equally likely to attend public outreach activities . the survey questions that were not
designed to provide a comprehensive intersectional analysis of gender dimensions of
climate change adaptation, they do offer insights into the multiple dimensions of gender
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

 This study seeks to answer the following questions:

 To identify the gendered roles of women in coastal Filipino
communities.
 To know how men and women associate climate change with
their beliefs, values, perception of risks, resource dependency,
and awareness
 To evaluate the implications of gendered relationships with
fisheries and the environment on climate change adaptation
SIGNIFICANCE AN LIMITATION OF
STUDY

 The significance of the study is to understand gender dimension

of risks perception or resource use, in order to improve climate
change adaptation.
 This study contributes to the growing understanding of the
unique role of women in climate change with specific
implications for coastal, fishers-dependent communities.
 This study was only limited to the selected Filipino coastal
municipalities located in Palawan, Oriental Mindoro and
Batangas Provinces.
METHODOLOGY

 This study was carried out using data from a larger US Coral
Triangle Initiative Learning Project data collection process. LP
Team conducted community level surveys in the Philippines,
Indonesia, Solomon Island and Timor Leste. This study uses the
data collected in the Philippines which includes 30 Coastal
Villages within 13 municipalities and 3 provinces. LP
distinguished between “project” and “Control” municipalities to
examine impacts of Control Triangle Support Partnership efforts
FRAMEWORK
 RESULTS AND CONCLUSION

 With the findings discussed on the data gathered about the Gender dimensions of
adaptation in coastal communities of the Philippines, the following conclusions are
represented.
 Based on the research conducted, it is stated that women are more likely to be
aware on adaptation plans, despite the equal participation among men and
women, which made the women to have a high tolerance with environmental risk.
 The researchers have found out that men tend to participate minimally on
discussions concerning awareness on climate change adaptation.
 The study also states that women and men were equally to participate in
mangrove planting, unlikely to strengthen the generalizations.
 Based on the data gathered from the sample, it is stated that there is a
correlation between gender, labor, and natural resources.