Gender and Diversity Policy Awareness Training | June-July 2018 | Bago City & Pyi City, Myanmar

Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) has been working to ensure gender and diversity (G&D) is mainstreamed and fully integrated within their programming, plans, policies, tools, branch and volunteer development. Efforts have been made to systematically integrate gender and diversity into its emergency programming and longer term planning.

A gender and diversity policy awareness training was conducted in Bago City on 26 June and in Pyi City on 3 July 2018. The event was participated by MRCS programmatic leads where they learned about the Gender and diversity Policy and cross-cutting issue that link with the 2016-2020 strategy. The participants also discussed how they can integrate G&D into their respective activities and program through seven fundamental principles. A total of 117 people (19 females) attended the training.

 

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2018 Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Governance Academic Seminar | 24-25 September 2018 | Bangkok, Thailand

The 2018 Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Governance Academic Seminar is organized jointly by the ASEAN Committee for Disaster Management (ACDM), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Faculty of Political Science, and Thammasat University in Thailand. The 2.5-day event will take place during 24-26 September 2018 at Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan campus in Bangkok.

The primary focus of the seminar will be to review and provide comments, by the Peer Review Committee members, on the submitted academic papers under the theme “Effective legal frameworks for inclusive and climate smart disaster risk governance.” The Peer Review Committee members consists of academicians from institutions in Southeast Asia as well as practitioners in the field of disaster management. The seminar also aims to:

  • Provide a platform for different DRM actors and academic institutions in ASEAN to share their academic and policy research among their peers;
  • Increase the body of academic work on climate smart DRM laws in ASEAN to strengthen the credibility of the thematic area within the region and provide credible resources for policymakers working on DRM laws and regulations;
  • Enhance the engagement of academic institutions in ASEAN on climate smart DRM law and policy; and
  • Consider concrete recommendations and next steps to build on this peer learning platform.

Visit the official page of the seminar here for more information.

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Handbook on Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Management [Thai language]

This handbook puts together the lessons learned from relief operations conducted by government agencies, humanitarian organizations, volunteers, and local communities to assist people affected by natural disasters. It presents the process and measures in mainstreaming gender in disaster management and response.

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Protection, Gender, Inclusion and Disaster Law Snapshot 2018

Disasters have devastating impacts, some of which are more obvious than others. The immediate aftermath of disasters often leave behind visible destruction, damage and human suffering. Additionally, they create major economic losses and long-term effects on a country’s sustainable development outcomes. At the same time, there can be other invisible impacts that go unnoticed and unaddressed. Existing gender and power inequalities and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) are among the somewhat ‘invisible’ risks that increase during and after disasters.

Recognizing that disasters are not gender-neutral, and disproportionately affect marginalised groups, IFRC offers recommendations on how to support gender equality, protection, and inclusion in disaster-related legislation, policies, and procedures. Click here to read the full “Protection, Gender, Inclusion and Disaster Law Snapshot 2018.”

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Gender and Diversity Sensitization in Thai Red Cross’s Supervisor Skill Development Training | 4 December 2017 | Thailand

On 4 December 2017, a two-hour introductory session on Gender and Diversity was conducted at Thai Red Cross’ Supervisor Skill Development (SSD) training by Thai Red Cross Gender Focal Point together with IFRC. The total of 109 staff (five men and 104 women) from different departments in Bangkok and other provinces learned about the key concepts of Gender and Diversity as well as the importance of its programming. The SSD (50-hour) is one of the three management development courses internally organized on a yearly basis by the Human Resources Bureau, with objectives to teach the newly appointed supervisors on the management principles, to build capacity on management method and how to be a supervisor, as well as to create a network to exchange knowledge and experience among them. Initiated by Thai Red Cross endorsed Gender Focal Point, this was the first time that Gender and Diversity was integrated in such fundamental course.

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