Women environmental human rights defenders in Nepal and the Philippines
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI Asia)
How they used Delve
Camille Pross of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI Asia) used Delve to inductively code 42 key informant interviews, focus group discussions and meetings with 58 respondents from 33 organisations in Nepal and the Philippines for an SEI report on women environmental human rights defenders and the link between maldevelopment and disaster risk.
“All primary data collected was coded inductively using the Delve software. The structure of the findings presented in this report follows the key themes that emerged from the KIIs.”
- Field
- development studies; disaster risk reduction; gender and environmental human rights
- Data
- 42 semi-structured key informant interviews, focus group discussions and informal meetings (in English; in person and online over three rounds, 2019–2021) with 58 respondents (39 women, 19 men) from 33 organisations in Nepal and the Philippines
- Approach
- Inductive coding of KIIs, FGDs and meeting notes; findings chapters structured by the emergent themes, with Covid-19 insights in thematic boxes
- Data types
- Interviews, Focus groups
Abstract
Women environmental human rights defenders (WEHRDs) is a broad term encompassing many realities, from isolated rural women protecting their environment from threats because their livelihoods depend on natural resources, to women consciously organizing for socio-environmental justice and holding duty-bearers accountable for the protections of their environmental and human rights. This study unpacks the relations between maldevelopment and disaster risks through the lived experiences of WEHRDs. It shows how inadequate development planning can magnify the vulnerability of marginalized groups and increase their exposure to hazards, therefore creating higher disaster risks. These experiences of vulnerability can trigger social movements and diverse forms of mobilization in which WEHRDs demonstrate their concerns. With a deep dive into the strategies used by WEHRDs at multiple scales, the study suggests that their knowledge, skills and activism have the potential to break the relationship between maldevelopment and disasters. The aim of this report is to inform integrated development and disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and programming that respect and protect environmental and human rights, while actively trying to address the root causes of vulnerability to maldevelopment and disaster risk. With a geographic focus on Nepal and the Philippines, this study is informed 42 key informant interviews (KIIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) conducted between 2019 and 2021 with a total of 58 respondents across the two countries.
Citation
Camille Pross (2022). Women environmental human rights defenders in Nepal and the Philippines. Stockholm Environment Institute.