Purpose
This paper looks at key gender issues in disaster-risk management, gender-inclusive assessments, gender-design elements in strengthening disaster resilience, and gender-design elements in disaster recovery assistance. It includes case studies from Pakistan, Aceh in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Overview
- Key gender issues include: disaster impacts are not gender-neutral; gender roles can change in disaster settings; gendered response can reduce long-term social consequences; and women as agents of change for disaster-risk reduction and strengthening resilience.
- Features of a gender-inclusive assessment include: gender-differentiated target groups; sex-disaggregated data; data collectors representative of target population; culturally appropriate and participatory methodology; gender-sensitive training; and additional preparation.
- Gender design elements in strengthening disaster resilience include: strengthening disaster resilience/gender-inclusive disaster resilience at the national level/community level; and capacity building and project management.
- Gender design elements in disaster recovery assistance include: community infrastructure reconstruction; water supply and sanitation; housing reconstruction; livelihood restoration programmes; rural roads reconstruction; health service; and education.
Usage: Learning from experience
Audiences: Technical staff; Gender and diversity practitioners
Reference: Asian Development Bank. (February 2014). Gender-inclusive disaster risk management. Pp. 1-12. Available from:http://www.adb.org/documents/tip-sheet-gender-inclusive-disaster-risk-management. [Accessed: 20th September 2015].
