http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/351 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:05:15 GMT 2026-04-07T09:05:15Z http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/390 Vulnerability and coping strategies of older women in disaster: Study on a coastal Upazila of Bangladesh Panni, Zinnat Jahan Introduction: Natural disaster is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh. Almost every year Bangladesh suffers highly by different kinds of disasters like flood, tropical cyclones, tornados, tidal surges, droughts and large scale river erosion etc. Bangladesh is a low lying delta with very gentle slopes. These special geographical features have significant impact on the weather system of Bangladesh. Objectives: The present study focuses on the vulnerability and coping strategies of older women. To achieve general purpose this study also seeks to know their personal, family information, their disaster experiences, vulnerability and their copy strategies after disaster. Methodology: The present study is qualitative in nature. Case study has been taken as research method using FGDs as research technique. Taltoli upazilla which is a part of Barguna district area have been selected which are badly affected by cyclone SIDR, AILA, riverbank erosion and other natural calamities in recent year. Major Findings: This study includes ten case study and two focused group discussions .the sample of the study consists of almost 60 or above 60 years older women live in a coastal upazilla named Taltoli. The study shows that most of the participants belong to Muslim community and 2 others belong to Hindu and Rakhain community. Participants are the symbol of older people in our society who has horrible experiences with many disasters. Two FGDs were conducted. One FGD consists of 11 members and others are 15 members. Most of the women are under Primary school certificate (PSC) and one participant is HSC passed. Most of them had no formal education. So, high literacy rate of the participants was not found in the study both in case study and FGDs. Most of the women had lugubrious experiences with many disasters. Mainly they were affected by cyclone occurred in 1991, Sidr in 2007, Aila in 2009 and Mahasen in 2013. Most of the women lost their property. Most of them lost their main source of income. Sidr was the most catastrophic disaster they had ever seen. Most of the women lost their husbands, children, grandchildren and patents. They also mentioned that they did not go to the cyclone shelter due to insufficient number of shelter and vehicles. After disaster, though they got some relief but it was not sufficient for their family. There is badly scarcity of food and cloths. They also suffer from many diseases after disasters. The collected data indicate that after disaster they face different kinds of economic and physical problem. Conclusion: The respondents recommended that free medical treatment, reduce price of daily foods, rehabilitation program for older women, positive outlook towards the older women and empathetic behavior of the family members with the elderly are important. They also want that Government and NGOs should come forward for the wellbeing of older women in all respect. This data indicate that the older women need more care and all the people should come forward to help them. This Thesis has been submitted to the Institute of Social Welfare & Research, University of Dhaka in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Science (M.S.S). Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/390 2014-04-24T00:00:00Z http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/389 A study on situation of children in separated family in Dhaka city Tabassum, Tasnia The Study was conducted among the children of separated parents based on broad objectives of exploring the present situation of children living with the separated parents’ family in Dhaka city. For attaining the broad objectives the study focus some important objectives a) To know the socio-economic background of the children of Separated family; b) To explore the consequence of Separation on achieving education; c) To explore the pattern of relationship with the family members; d) To know the pattern of psychological alienation faced by the respondents. The whole study was conducted among the vulnerable children at Dhaka City. The Study has been followed qualitative research method and for this purpose it selected 10 case (children) remaining in the parental separation through using the purposive sampling method for the study. The findings of the study show that maximum children living in the separated family mentally suffered a lot; they behave irrationally and commit several unethical activities in their early age. The study also found that children from comparatively needy level has committed in criminal activities and suffer extreme physical and mental pressure. It also reveals that being a child of separated family they cannot get the proper love, priority and opportunity from their peer and teacher. It also shown that, children from separated family cannot get the equal opportunities from their school teacher. And the neighbor of their existing community always shows irritate attitude towards them. As a result the tender mind of such children fill up with full of sorrows and anger even some little boys and girls take drugs abstaining from their pain. The most promising findings of the study shows that children in the separated family are the most vulnerable in their lifestyle and the future of those children will stage in risk if they are not properly rehabilitate. But it is a great matter of sorrow that, the Government and non government organization are not serious on the important issue. Children are the future of a society but our supreme authority has not take any strict and children friendly initiatives for such vulnerable children. It can be said that if the Government and NGOs continue their existing service and child rights effectively than day by day they will be self-sufficient and contribute to our society like the other normal children. Despite of hope it is observed that they are not aware about their rights and opportunities but we should remained in mind that to improve their situation and for the bright future we have to reshuffle the laws and formulate alternative children friendly policies and services. This Thesis has been submitted to the Institute of Social Welfare & Research, University of Dhaka in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Science (M.S.S). Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/389 2014-04-24T00:00:00Z http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/388 A study on experiences & challenges of mothers of children with autism in Dhaka city Akter, Sharmin Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), also referred to as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), are characterized by deficits in verbal and nonverbal communication, social interaction, and repetitive or restricted interests and behaviors. To date, much of the literature on ASDs has been conducted from a western perspective, although interest in ASDs from a global perspective has dramatically increased in recent years. In Bangladesh just a few years back, people were merely aware about disability with Autism. Although a few researches on ASDs have been conducted in Bangladesh, interest in ASDs from a global perspective has dramatically increased in recent years. However, no research has been conducted in this area. The nature of qualitative methodology makes it best suited for capturing the nuances and complexity of the psychological phenomenon underlying the experiences being studied. These experiences help to capture and reflect the ways in which culture impacts these experiences. The purpose of this study was to examine the lived experiences and challenges of mothers raising children diagnosed with an ASD in Dhaka City using a qualitative research approach. The prevalence is currently rising in many countries around the world. Caring for and educating children and young people with this condition places challenges on health care, education and training programmers. The government is going to count the number of autistic children in Bangladesh. About 10% of Bangladesh's people are challenged of those, 1% is estimated to be autistic, amounting to around 1.5 lakh people. Many children diagnosed with ASDs in our country have very limited access to educational settings, and an abundance of barriers to treatment exist. As such, there is much to be gained from studying mothers’ experiences with their child’s early development and their initial concerns for their child’s development, their experiences with the diagnostic process, the perceived impact of raising a child on the spectrum for themselves and their family, their daily living experiences, their experiences accessing supports and services, their vision for the future, as well as any advice they would give to mothers of children who were recently diagnosed. To this end, the experiences of 20 mothers raising a child diagnosed with an ASD and living in Dhaka City were captured through open-ended interviews in this study. This Thesis has been submitted to the Institute of Social Welfare & Research, University of Dhaka in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Science (M.S.S). Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/388 2014-04-24T00:00:00Z http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/387 Indigenous coping mechanism for combating disaster in Bangladesh Rahman, Md. Mostafizur The study was conducted based on broad objective of exploring indigenous coping mechanisms for combating disaster at Koyra upazila of Khulna and Patharghata upazila of Barguna district. For attaining broad objective the study has been conducted with some important objectives (a) to know the socio demographic information of the respondents (b) to reveal the indigenous perception about disaster (c) to explore the indigenous coping mechanisms for combating disaster (d) to reveal the Governmental and NGOs mechanisms for combating disaster and (e) to draw some suggestions for improving the coping system with disaster. The study has been employed qualitative research method and selected 10 respondents for case study through using purposive sampling method and two FGDs were conducted in the study areas with community people. The findings of the study show that most of the respondents are not well educated. Most of the respondents live in house with less secured. The study reveals that almost every year disaster like flood, river bank erosion, cyclone and tidal surge hit in study areas. Disaster causes loss of property, environmental imbalance, damage of infrastructures, in word, people lead miserable life during or after disaster. Community people adopt different indigenous mechanisms for combating disastrous impact. The study indicates that people adopt these mechanisms before and after disaster. they take structural ( repairing embankment, raising homestead platform, construction of road etc) and non structural ( making people aware, tying houses with strong trees, planting disaster resilient trees, taking shelter in cyclone center during disaster, preserving food for future and dissemination of news about imminent disaster etc). The study also reveals that early warning system play crucial role in minimizing the consequences of disaster. The study found that community participation helps to lessen the negative effects of disaster. The Government and NGOs take initiative for recovering the catastrophic situation. The Government of Bangladesh take both structural and non structural mechanisms for combating disaster whereas NGOs take non structural mechanisms (making people aware, providing material services, providing training) only. The Government of Bangladesh has formulated disaster management act, policy and plan but people in the study area don’t have any idea regarding this issues. To combat or minimize the tragic circumstance of coastal belt, Government should formulate the coastal belt policy as well as implement the policy. The coastal belt should be made disaster resilient. This Thesis has been submitted to the Institute of Social Welfare & Research, University of Dhaka in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Science (M.S.S). Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/387 2014-04-24T00:00:00Z