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- Summary:
- This publication acknowledges the marginalization of women in disaster risk reduction (DRR) processes, and advocates for greater inclusion of a gendered perspective in DRR. It presents fifteen cases or models of gender-inclusive DRR that have potential for replication. While the successful implementation of DRR necessitates the active participation of all vulnerable members of society, often the particular vulnerabilities, risks, as well as resiliencies and capacities shaped by gender are neglected. This document places emphasis on moving away from a view of women as solely the beneficiaries of risk reduction measures towards the understanding that women are key players in building resilient communities. As teachers, women generally are reservoirs of traditional knowledge that can play an important role in the development of effective capacity and resilience building strategies. Women are also often central health agents, managing many of the resources, such as food and water, critical to maintaining the health and wellbeing of their families. That women have multiple roles within communities ensures that their active participation in DRR efforts will yield more integrated and holistic solutions. The publication believes that the period after disasters provides the perfect opportunity to mainstream the participation of women into DRR planning and implementation. Their participation in post-disaster efforts often can be integrated with other critical DRR and sustainable development efforts such as increasing food security, improving soil conservation, environmental protection, etc. The fifteen cases of “good practices” are selected from the following eleven countries: Brazil, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. For each country, the document presents the project initiative, the good practice, impacts and results, the challenges, lessons learned, and potential for replication. The document supports using DRR efforts as a means to legitimate and promote active involvement of women in the public sphere more broadly, and government more specifically. Women are often more aware of local needs, more active in the educational concerns of the community’s children, have a more intimate understanding of the social and health concerns facing families, and have particular insights into the various risks facing their communities. These unique perspectives that women offer are important to developing adequate capacity building and risk reducing strategies. ( English )
- Subject:
- Social ( English )
- Subject:
- Sociology ( English )
- Subject:
- Anthropology ( English )
- Scope and Content:
- Brazil : Working with Both Women and Men to Promote Gender Balance. Mott MacDonald, United Kingdom; Honduras: Indigenous Women's DRR Efforts Trigger Sustainable Development Process. Garifuna Emergency Committee of Honduras; India: Enabling Women to Play a Lead Role in Disaster - Affected. Marginal Communities, Caritas India, India; India: Village Women Play Decision - Making Roles in Disaster Issues. Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), Society for Promotion of Area Resources. Centres (SPARC), India; Indonesia: Using Political Momentum to Engender Legislation in the Reconstruction Context. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Mitra Sejati, Perempuan Indonesia (MiSPI), Jaringan Perempuan untuk Kebijakan
(JPuk), Indonesia; Indonesia: Grassroots Women Handle Quake Impact Unaided. GROOTS International ,Urban Poor Link (UPLINK), Indonesia; Jamaica: Grassroots Women Skilled in Hurricane - Resistant Roofing, Safer Housing. Construction Resources and Development Centre (CRDC), Jamaica; Mexico : "Endogenous Development " Approach to Gender & DRR Issues. UNDP Mexico; Pakistan : Negotiating Cultural Roles, Power Patterns through an " Incentive" Approach. SUNGI Development Foundation, Pakistan; Pakistan: Promoting, Protecting Women's and Girls' Rights among Disaster Survivors. Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA), Pakistan; Peru: Grassroots Women Produce Safe Building Materials and Build Disaster-Resistant. Houses. Estrategia, Peru; Philippines: Engendering Information: Education and Communication Campaigns. Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR), Republic of Philippines; Sri Lanka: Gendering DRR Training for Tsunami Recovery Service Providers. UNDP Sri Lanka Tsunami Recovery Unit & Institute of Bankers Sri Lanka (IBSL); Sri Lanka: Marginalized Tsunami: Widowed, Displaced Women Help Design. Safer Homes. Practical Action, Forum of the Advancement of the Human Science of Development (FAHSOD); Turkey: From Makeshift Women's Centres in Tents to Sustainable Women's Cooperatives. Kadin Emegini Degerlendirme Vakfi (KEDV), Turkey ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- (2007). Gender perspective: working together for disaster risk reduction. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).
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- Florida International University
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- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
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- FI13022753
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