Women’s Vulnerability in Salt Farmer in Facing Abrasion and Rob at Kedung Jepara of North Coast of Central Java

Climate change has severe impact on women from lower social groups. In every disaster, female are greater victims than males. Analysis of recent disasters in 141 countries showed that the difference in the number of casualties caused by natural disasters is closely related to economic and social rights of women. Women are the largest proportion of the world's poor, that particularly vulnerable to climate change. The coastal region is an area that most vulnerable to climate change. Tidal floods, abrasion and seawater intrusion are some aspects that threaten coastal areas, which will cause losses. One of the threats on the coast of the Village stage every year is the abrasion of sea water. The purpose of this study was to find out the form of women adaptation, especially the salt farmer families in coping & adapting the disasters. This study uses qualitative descriptive approach. The results showed that women salt farmers in Panggung Village made different forms of adaptation dealing with disasters. In Panggung village women have a role in the family economy and social. That economical adaptation are become salt bearer in the farm to workshop, transfer of work for female salt farmers became a fisherman or use their pond became a milkfish pond and open stalls at home. Social adaptation make a informal networking like arisan (collecting money) through PKK to support the family life and planting mangrove.