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The housing occupation in the Philippines: A counter-project for livable homes and an alternative lifeworld

The housing occupation in the Philippines: A counter-project for livable homes and an alternative lifeworld

by Hazel M Dizon The homeless in the Philippines navigate housing in various ways and in different capacities. To survive the elements, they build makeshift dwellings alongside creeks, railroad tracks or garbage dumps. To claim their right to housing, they negotiate with state agencies as individuals or as part of a neighbourhood association. To defend

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Grassroots women leaders practise community-based disaster management in the Philippines

Grassroots women leaders practise community-based disaster management in the Philippines

What is a disaster? What are the root causes and material manifestations of vulnerability? What is well-being and what efforts do community leaders and civil society engage in as front-line responders to disasters? These are the questions that PhD doctoral candidate, Chaya Go asked in her doctoral dissertation on A Feminist Political Ecology of Disasters

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