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1. **NEW**  Regional Gender and Diversity TOT report
2. **NEW**  Regional Gender and Diversity Network meeting report
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Regional Gender&Diversity TOT report | Regional Network meeting report 
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The Regional Gender and Diversity Training of Trainers was held 5-8 October 2015, while the Regional South-East Asia Gender and Diversity Network was held 9 October 2015 in Bangkok. Below are related document of the training:

• Agenda
• Participant List
• Regional Gender and Diversity TOT report

The resources of the training could be found in the Gender and Diversity Resource Library, while the rest of the training materials related only to this particular training were added as the training goes along.

Day 1 | 5 October 2015

   
                       Speed debating on gender & diversity stereotypes                                            |         Group exercise on training cycle        |     Discussion on training course design     

• Presentation: That’s just so typical! by Christina Haneef, IFRC

• Presentation: Understanding gender and diversity by Christina Haneef, IFRC

Highlighted: Session objective, Group exercise: Speed debating, Gender and diversity concept, IFRC approach and framework, and creating an inclusive training environment.

• Presentation: Training skills and adult learning by Gerard Witham, Australian Red Cross, accompanied by the IFRC South-East Asia Regional Gender and Diversity Training of Trainers Handbook – Pilot

Highlighted: Session objective, Learning styles, Training cycle, Setting aims and objectives, and some group exercises.

• Presentation: Gender and Diversity for Resilience Resource Library by Christina Haneef, IFRC

Day 2 | 6 October 2015

   
    Cabbage ball game as Recap exercise      |        Discussion on violence prevention | Ice breaker: Typhoon, Tsunami, Earthquake game |    Group 1 planning the session

• Presentation: Violence prevention by Nita Ryarti, Canadian Red Cross

Highlighted: Strategic framework, Categories, types and forms of violence, Root causes of violence, Impact, Vulnerable population, Resiliency/Protective factors, Protective instruments, 10 steps to creating safe environment, Priority policies, PMI’s pathway.

• Presentation: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Disasters by Devanna de la Puente, UNFPA Inter-Agency Regional Emergency Gender Based Violence Advisor

Highlighted: The link between gender and violence, the exacerbating impact of disasters to sexual and gender-based violence, practical approaches to mitigate sexual and gender-based violence.

More resources on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Disasters from Global Protection Cluster/UNFPA:

• Progress in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Programming and Coordination in Myanmar 2014
• FAQ in GBV in Myanmar 2014
• Building Survivor-Centered Support Services: Women’s and Girls’ Centers in Myanmar – Guidelines and Minimum Standards, Myanmar 2014
• Gender-Based Violence in the aftermath of the Nepal Earthquake 
• List of Resources on Gender and Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies

• Presentation: Starting with Ourselves by Christina Haneef, IFRC

Highlighted: Six core principles of sexual exploitation and abuse, IFRC reporting mechanism, what we can do.

Video: To Serve with Pride: Zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse by our own staff

• Presentation: Delivery of training and monitoring and evaluation by Gerard Witham, Australian Red Cross

Highlighted: Training techniques, Training methods, Training delivery, Monitoring, Evaluation, Giving feedback and group work.

• Group 1 Presentation: Dignity, Access, Participation and Safety of the elderly | Session planing

Instruction for the Group: Powerpoint presentation template | Guidance sheet

Day 3 | 7 October 2015

   
              Group 2 on disability inclusion        |       Group 3 activity on gender analysis      |     Group 4 activity on DAPS of Migrants     | Group 5 activity on gender mainstreaming
 

• Group 2 Presentation: Dignity, Access, Participation and Safety of people with disabilities | Session planning

Instruction for the Group: Powerpoint presentation template | Guidance sheet

• Group 3 Presentation: Gender Analysis | Session planning

Instruction for the Group: Powerpoint presentation template | Guidance sheet

• Group 4 Presentation: Dignity, Access, Participation and Safety of Migrants | Session planning

Instruction for the Group: Powerpoint presentation template | Guidance sheet

• Group 5 Presentation: Gender Mainstreaming | Session planning

Instruction for the Group: Powerpoint presentation template | Guidance sheet

Day 4 | 8 October 2015

   
      Bus trip to Baan Pramong moo 1             |   Group photo in Baan Pramong moo 1   | Thai Red Cross briefing on CBDRR program | Head of Village’s briefing on village profile                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               and disaster committee

   
         Simulation exercise: evacuation      |  Elderly members running emergency kitchen  |                 Group discussion                  | Elderly members with key roles in preparedness

Field trip Baan Pramong moo 1 in Singburi Province, Thailand, where the Thai Red Cross has been running a Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) programme since 2005. The village developed a new ‘Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Plan’, which outlines the roles of people in the committee highlighting the inclusion of the elderly members of the community with key roles in the preparedness and response to disasters in their village. The plan is also inclusive of both men and women from the community.

• Read more from the Information sheet for field visit.

 
Gender and Diversity Network Meeting | 9 October 2015

After the Regional Gender and Diversity Training of Trainers, the Gender and Diversity network meeting was held among the related focal points from the South-East Asia National Societies, which discusses issues among which:

• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and what National Societies can do at the International Conference in relation to the resolution and pledges.
• Regional Gender and Diversity Network meeting report

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