This study was aimed to depict the characteristics of women's vulnerability, as well as to study and analyze their efforts to reduce the disaster risk of Merapi eruption in the South Merapi Slope, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Territory. The data collection was conducted through interviews on the demographic characteristics of the women, with qualitative data consisting of the social and economic condition in the area under study, including the women’s demographic characteristics, vulnerability, and risk. The qualitative data were used to complement the quantitative data obtained in the first data collection stage. Thus, the research data analysis was based on the quantitative and qualitative data. The results showed that women were vulnerable in terms of their financial security, particularly due to their lack of bank saving, protection in the place of business, land, and residence. Their social vulnerability was shown by how most of the women and elderly people in the households of the area under study required protection when disaster occurred. The vulnerability in organizations was due to the lack of organizations to care for the women. Most women also experienced environmental vulnerability.