The role of gender as a model of climate change adaptation in fisherman settlement communities

Abstract

Abstract Women are the largest proportion of the world’s poor, including children and young women. Women are very vulnerable to climate change. But until now gender considerations are still not explicitly stated in various climate change policies. In the marine and fisheries sector, extreme climate change makes many fishermen unable to go to sea and fish declines. The unequal division of gender roles causes the level of vulnerability to climate change to differ between women and men. This study aims to analyze the vulnerability and gender roles of fishing communities due to climate change in West Sumatra. A positivistic-deductive research approach. Indicators / parameters used by the index to measure vulnerability in 2 coastal areas, namely Bungus Beach and Pariaman Beach. Secondary data obtained from the Geophysical Meteorology Agency station. Primary data through interviews with questionnaire tools on 60 respondents. The vulnerability model (V) is a function of exposure (E), sensitivity (S), and adaptive capacity (AC), which are then expressed mathematically. The results showed a vulnerability index of 305 with a vulnerable classification. Efforts to increase adaptive capacity and reduce women’s vulnerability to climate change through a comfortable place to live, better access to climate change information and livelihood options. Gender-based climate change adaptation models for coastal areas are increasing women’s political role, increasing women’s skills capacity through field schools Climate and enhancement productive work.