Strengthen the critical roles of women in urban environmental preservation with social protection program

Abstract

Ease of access for people to be involved in urban environmental preservation is an important factor in overcoming the current problem of global warming and environmental degradation. The gender responsive with social protections program became of efforts to support women to be involved in environmental preservation and climate change adaptation. Efforts to strengthen the community, including vulnerable groups, must be made to maintain urban resilience. The aim of this study to describe the importance of strengthening the involvement of women in environmental preservation activities through social protection programs. This study was conducted with a qualitative approach using literature reviews, with combined type of the descriptive and integrative literature reviews. The results of the study indicate that the social protection program is complementary in environmental preservation activities. In addition, social protection programs are aimed at strengthening women as a vulnerable group so that they can adapt to global warming and improve community welfare through environmental preservation activities. Efforts to strengthen women in preservation activities are related to ecosystem-based management approaches, which also emphasize aspects of stakeholder support in environmental protection activities. This study has a contribution as an alternative capacity building in environmental protection policies with gender responsive approach.