Gender and life cycle approach in social protection to improve environmental managemet for urban sustainability

¹ Communication Department, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
² Faculty Law, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
³ School of Strategic and Global Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Salemba, Indonesia
⁴ Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran”, Jakarta
⁵ School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Salemba, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: donna@ui.ac.id

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the environmental management strategy using gender and life cycle approach through social protection activities. Social protection activities are important in urban areas that undergo a transformation post-disaster in their urban system, related to the life cycle of people in the city and the framework of urban sustainability. The social protection will also increase people's access to environmental resouces so that people are able to participate in environmental management. Vulnerabilities and risks due to environmental degradation of cities require social protection efforts for the community, especially women includes household (family) to strenghten human skill in life cycle. The research used the AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method. This method utilized the expert judgments in the form of options that must be done by the stakeholders. The results of this study show that social protection with gender mainstreaming will increase the ability of citizens to participate and strengthen communities in managing the urban environment that achieve social justice for the community for the sustainability of the city. The contribution of this study can be an alternative strategy for environmental management in the city and more gender responsive policy making.