Women^s Strategy for Disaster Resilient Village: Case of Cikole Village - Lembang, Indonesia
A.M Ekasari, I.H Agustina, A. Rachmiatie and R.R. Adjie

Universitas Islam Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia has a relatively high earthquake potential in the world. One of the causes of disaster is the Lembang Fault. The Lembang fault has an active status, so it would cause an earthquake. Cikole Village is one of the villages in Lembang District, West Bandung Regency, Indonesia which lies within the Lembang Fault. Village women^s communities who are active in PKK (Family Welfare Empowerment) activities play an active role in supporting their villages to be resilient to these natural disasters. The objective of this study is to describe the strategy of the women^s community in Cikole Village in order to create a Disaster Resilient Village. The method in this research is through the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) approach to the members of the PKK group. The result is Cikole Village^s strategy for Disaster Resilient

Keywords: Strategy- Women-Village-Cikole-Lembang- Village-Resilient-Disaster

Topic: Human Wellbeing in Islam