NEEDS OF CLIMATE MIGRANT ELDERLY WOMEN: A STUDY AMONG THE SLUM DWELLER IN DHAKA CITY

Abstract

Elderly women are the vulnerable groups in society in terms of climate change, movement; haphazard growth and unhealthy environment are the target group for this research. Climate migrant’s start living in urban slums are in search of better and secure life. If the number of elderly women are not qualified, it will be burden for development. So as to maximize the role of service to elderly, it is need to know the first needs of elderly women, in this case, the present study attempted to determine the needs of climate migrant older women in slum area. But urban slums located mostly in low lying environmentally hazardous area coupled with inadequate facilities like food, shelter, sanitation, health care make their life even worse. This paper is a descriptive type of quantitative study conducted at Dhaka to review all essential need for living as elderly women slum dwellers after climate migration. The study conducted on slum of Dhaka with purposive sample survey, KII and in depth qualitative interview of selected climate migrant elderly women slum dwellers while purposive sample size of 50. The basic needs of elderly women in the slum areas not only allowance but also the health needs of the comfort, work skill rendering their body fitness, infrastructure and recreation facilities are the identified indicators of this paper. It is hoped that relevant parties can plan to meet the needs of climate migrant elderly women in slum area to provide services according to the expected demand. KEY WORDS: Climate migrants, elderly women, needs, slum dwellers, Dhaka City.