Purpose This document looks at natural disasters and their gender specific impact. It looks at the risks women face in disasters and states that it is important that women not only be viewed as victims of disaster, but as agents…
Integrating Gender in Climate Change Adaptation Proposals
Purpose This sourcebook focuses on climate change adaptation (CCA) rather than mitigation. It focuses on the front end of the project cycle; specifically, proposal preparation for accessing climate change adaptation financing. The sourcebook provides the reader with tools to help…
Gender-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management
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…
Women, Girls, Boys and Men Different Needs – Equal Opportunities
Purpose This handbook offers real and practical guidance on identifying and addressing the differing needs and situations of women, girls, boys and men; in other words, being sensitive to gender issues in humanitarian crises. Overview The handbook is divided into…
Guide for Dealing with Gender Equality
Purpose The Danish Red Cross (DRC) International Department has developed this guide with the aim of ensuring that DRC programmes properly address gender equality. The guide aims to be a practical tool assisting DRC, partner national societies and their networks…
Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive – Policy and Practical Guidelines
Purpose This publication offers policy and practical guidelines for national and local governments to further implement the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). The overarching goal is to contribute to building…
Reducing the risks: A Framework for DRR in South-East Asia
This document is a South-East Asia specific disaster risk reduction framework aimed at providing more specific guidance to National Societies.
Gender Issues in Red Cross and Red Crescent Response to the Tsunami
Purpose The report summarises the initial outcomes of an action research project launched by the Organisational Development Department to look at the Red Cross and Red Crescent (RC/RC) response to the tsunami from a gender perspective. The aim of the…
A practical guide to gender-sensitive for disaster management (2010)
Purpose: The guidelines presented in this document are intended to help Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) incorporate effective gender-sensitive and inclusive approaches into their disaster management strategies…
Gender Capacity Assessment Matrix
Purpose This document is designed to facilitate gender capacity assessments of organisations. Assessments are undertaken in four main categories: aspirations; organisational skills; organisational systems and infrastructure; and organisational programme capacity. For each category an organisation is expected to tick the…