Women are more vulnerable during disastrous situations compared to their male counterparts. It was noted in many studies that among all other natural disasters, flood causes immense sufferings of women due to the low standard of living conditions and poor institutional arrangement in flood prone areas of Bangladesh. The geographical location and low elevation ofland with numerous rivers make Bangladesh really vulnerable. The focus of this research is to explore women’s vulnerability at the community level and ways of coping with the consequences of floods. Both secondary and primary data have been used and analyzed to identify vulnerability and the mechanism of women’s coping with floods at Khidrachappur, Baradul in Belkuchi Upazilla. The results of the study found that the consequences of floods have different impacts on men and women. In addition, it has been found that in reality, women are affected more severely and that their role is quite negligible in decision making, as well as their participation in training related to flood issues. Women suffer from physical injuries and are often evicted fromtheir dwellings due to floods. Difficulties in finding adequate shelter, food, safe water, and fuel for cooking, as well as problems in maintaining personal hygiene and sanitation, prevent women from performing their usual roles at home. Despite this heavy burden, which women bear in extremely difficult circumstances, they demonstrate considerable fortitude and ingenuity intheir attempts to cope with floods by taking several steps like selling assets, moving towards higher places, storing dry food, social networking, borrowing money, collecting safe drinking water and managing household activities etc. It was noted that despite all adversities, women can cope with the consequences of floods and show their resilience capacity.
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