Women empowerment in post- disaster recovery after 2018 tsunami in Sumur Regency Pandeglang District

Abstract

The Sunda Strait Tsunami that occurred on December 22, 2018 in Pandeglang District resulted in 296 people died, 675 injured, 3,553 people displaced and damaged homes, infrastructure and public and social facilities. Community empowerment is an effort for sustainable disaster management as the community is part of the triple hellix in disaster management. Women are one of the vulnerable groups in a state of disaster but can be a resource in disaster management. The purpose of this study was to analyze the women empowerment and to the post- 2018 Tsunami in Sumur Regency Pandeglang district and its impacts to the disaster recovery process. The qualitative method is used in this research from the primary and secondary databases. For the purposes of this study, the primary data were gathered through face-to-face interviews from the subjects of research who were chosen based on purposive sampling and snowball methods. The result shows that women had taken part in the Pandeglang post-tsunami recovery. Sumur district as the largest affected Tsunami in Pandeglang where many families lost their houses and now living in temporary housing provide many programs related to women empowerment. Women empowerment helped Tsunami survivors in psychosocial and economic recovery. Providing assistance to women helped to recover from Post-Tsunami trauma and have a better live.