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The empowerment of women is a robust matter in developing countries. Women empowerment has become... more The empowerment of women is a robust matter in developing countries. Women empowerment has become a worldwide affair in the current discourse of development. The study attempts to explore the influence of microcredit on women empowerment in Rangamati Paurashava, Bangladesh. Primary as well as secondary data was used for data compilation method. Primary data were collected through questionnaire and in-depth interview survey. A semi-structured questionnaire and 140 samples were administered. Simple random sampling technique used on borrowers and 09 (nine) in-depth interviews operated on NGOs institutional level. Secondary data collected from primary, secondary and tertiary sources of secondary data. Essential data analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Results significantly showed a positive impact of microcredit on women empowerment and endorses microcredit borrowers especially women to contribute in the domestic decisionmaking process through obtaining the self-esteem, business skills, confidence level, institutional management etc. The results exhibited that microcredit program was associated with each measurement of women empowerment as well as aggregate measure of empowerment. Therefore, this study disclosed that microcredit program improved the women empowerment in the study area.

Springer Nature Switzerland AG Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland (the “Publisher”), 2021

Climate change causes extreme natural events and at the same time, increases social vulnerabiliti... more Climate change causes extreme natural events and at the same time, increases social vulnerabilities such as health impact. Changing climatic patterns intensify the frequency of the disasters and magnitude, which bring suffering as well as creating difficulties in human health. The effects of climate change hit St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh. The increasing frequency of disasters, along with changing climate, has generated pressure on the health conditions of the inhabitant. Thus, the present study strives to identify impacts of climate change on disasters and associated health difficulties, as well as the coping strategies of the people under these changing conditions. The study also emphasizes the available treatment facilities on the St. Martin's Island. Data were collected following a semi-structural questionnaire survey by using a random sampling of 390 inhabitants. About 78.72% of respondents observed climatic change on the Island in the last few years. This changing climate has increased the frequency and severity of disasters such as excessive rainfall during the rainy season (19.06%), the transgression of the shoreline (17.95%), drought in summer (7.18%), shortage of fresh water in summer (14.11%), increasing thunderstorms (5.45%), and suffering from diseases (13%). Changing temperatures have created heat-related stress where high salinity and post-disaster shortage of drinking water cause the breakout of waterborne diseases among the inhabitants, which has worsened owing to the deplorable treatment facilities. The low level of adaptation strategies to cope with the climate-induced disasters and related health problems make the community extremely vulnerable. This

This paper assesses the comparison status of Disaster Management (DM), especially in the framewor... more This paper assesses the comparison status of Disaster Management (DM), especially in the framework of preparedness in Afghanistan and Slovakia that face a number of floods, earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, and drought. Disasters caused by natural hazards may sever environmental consequences that play a major hindrance in socioeconomic development and poverty reduction in Afghanistan. Slovakia is confronting a severalty of natural disasters that have significant impacts on various sectors such as agriculture, socio-economics and human lives, health, and environment. DM in Slovakia is incomparable with Afghanistan because in Slovakia, the operation of DM developed in water management and other sector has developed institution to carry out mitigation measures through engineering structures; it has also developed early warning systems, mechanism for rescue, relief, and short-term recovery. Inversely, Afghanistan has not succeeded in developing institutions in the framework of preparedness for natural hazards. In Slovakia, the potential damage caused by floods, landslides are expected to increase on the one hand because of climate change, and on the other hand, because of human activities in flood-prone areas, that is, close to the coast, without knowing the risk of flooding; so, it costs more to protect them against flooding. At present, there is no targeted, concerted and coordinated approach at EU level towards risk management, while the potential risk to human health and life, the environment and economic assets is considerable .

The empowerment of women is a robust matter in developing countries. Women empowerment has become... more The empowerment of women is a robust matter in developing countries. Women empowerment has become a worldwide affair in the current discourse of development. The study attempts to explore the influence of microcredit on women empowerment in Rangamati Paurashava, Bangladesh. Primary as well as secondary data was used for data compilation method. Primary data were collected through questionnaire and in-depth interview survey. A semi-structured questionnaire and 140 samples were administered. Simple random sampling technique used on borrowers and 09 (nine) in-depth interviews operated on NGOs institutional level. Secondary data collected from primary, secondary and tertiary sources of secondary data. Essential data analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Results significantly showed a positive impact of microcredit on women empowerment and endorses microcredit borrowers especially women to contribute in the domestic decisionmaking process through obtaining the self-esteem, business skills, confidence level, institutional management etc. The results exhibited that microcredit program was associated with each measurement of women empowerment as well as aggregate measure of empowerment. Therefore, this study disclosed that microcredit program improved the women empowerment in the study area.

Springer Nature Switzerland AG Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland (the “Publisher”), 2021

Climate change causes extreme natural events and at the same time, increases social vulnerabiliti... more Climate change causes extreme natural events and at the same time, increases social vulnerabilities such as health impact. Changing climatic patterns intensify the frequency of the disasters and magnitude, which bring suffering as well as creating difficulties in human health. The effects of climate change hit St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh. The increasing frequency of disasters, along with changing climate, has generated pressure on the health conditions of the inhabitant. Thus, the present study strives to identify impacts of climate change on disasters and associated health difficulties, as well as the coping strategies of the people under these changing conditions. The study also emphasizes the available treatment facilities on the St. Martin's Island. Data were collected following a semi-structural questionnaire survey by using a random sampling of 390 inhabitants. About 78.72% of respondents observed climatic change on the Island in the last few years. This changing climate has increased the frequency and severity of disasters such as excessive rainfall during the rainy season (19.06%), the transgression of the shoreline (17.95%), drought in summer (7.18%), shortage of fresh water in summer (14.11%), increasing thunderstorms (5.45%), and suffering from diseases (13%). Changing temperatures have created heat-related stress where high salinity and post-disaster shortage of drinking water cause the breakout of waterborne diseases among the inhabitants, which has worsened owing to the deplorable treatment facilities. The low level of adaptation strategies to cope with the climate-induced disasters and related health problems make the community extremely vulnerable. This

This paper assesses the comparison status of Disaster Management (DM), especially in the framewor... more This paper assesses the comparison status of Disaster Management (DM), especially in the framework of preparedness in Afghanistan and Slovakia that face a number of floods, earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, and drought. Disasters caused by natural hazards may sever environmental consequences that play a major hindrance in socioeconomic development and poverty reduction in Afghanistan. Slovakia is confronting a severalty of natural disasters that have significant impacts on various sectors such as agriculture, socio-economics and human lives, health, and environment. DM in Slovakia is incomparable with Afghanistan because in Slovakia, the operation of DM developed in water management and other sector has developed institution to carry out mitigation measures through engineering structures; it has also developed early warning systems, mechanism for rescue, relief, and short-term recovery. Inversely, Afghanistan has not succeeded in developing institutions in the framework of preparedness for natural hazards. In Slovakia, the potential damage caused by floods, landslides are expected to increase on the one hand because of climate change, and on the other hand, because of human activities in flood-prone areas, that is, close to the coast, without knowing the risk of flooding; so, it costs more to protect them against flooding. At present, there is no targeted, concerted and coordinated approach at EU level towards risk management, while the potential risk to human health and life, the environment and economic assets is considerable .