Latest updates: 1. **NEW** Regional Gender and Diversity TOT report 2. **NEW** Regional Gender and Diversity Network meeting report 3. **NEW** VOICES FROM THE TRAINING highlights what the participants stated about the training and why it is important for the National Societies. Regional Gender&Diversity…
Introduction to Resilience workshop is held in Hua Hin, Thailand, from 9 - 13 November 2015. Agenda Resources: IFRC Framework for Community Resilience (2014) Minimum standard commitments to gender and diversity in emergency programming - pilot version (IFRC 2015) Handbook…
On the 28th January 2016 the IFRC team in Bangkok, together with representatives from American Red Cross and Thai Red Cross will take part in a one-day gender and diversity awareness training. In the past few years IFRC and National Societies…
Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction on the occasion of 1 year of implementation of the Sendai Framework for Action (2015-2030) will be held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, on 16 to 18 May 2016. Background The…
National Societies have been increasingly working to ensure gender and diversity is mainstreamed and fully integrated within their programming, plans, policies, tools, branch and volunteering development and is approached in a more systematic and strategic way. A number of significant…
Hanoi, October 28, 2016 – The Viet Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC), with support from the French Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), organized the Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming in Emergencies Training…
Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Workshop on Gender and Diversity is intended to build a shared perception and strengthen capacity in the area of Gender and Diversity senstive programming. The workshop brought together X participants from PMI national headquarter and 9 provinces in the country in Bogor, Indonesia on 17-18 November 2016.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement workshop on Disability Inclusion and Victim Assistance in Southeast Asia was held in Bangkok, Thailand, 28-29 November 2016, by the Thai Red Cross Society, ICRC, IFRC and Norwegian Red Cross. This workshop was a…
With technical and funding supports from IFRC, the Cambodian Red Cross organizes 3-day Dissemination Workshop and Training on Gender and Diversity to all 25 Red Cross Branch Directors, staff and programme managers in total of 47 persons on 13-15 December 2016 in Cambodia.
The initial trainings for the field research on sexual and gender-based violence took place on from 9-14 May 2017 in Lao PDR. As part of this research project, all data collection teams have to be trained for six days. The trainings include sensitization on sexual and gender-based violence issues, introduction to the questionnaire and focus-group discussions (FGDs) and multiple practice sessions to ensure that the research is carried out in an ethical, safe and confidential manner.
A six-day Field School on Gender and Diversity in Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments was co-organized by the IFRC Bangkok Country Cluster Support team and Thai Red Cross Society between 21-26th May. This Field School is part of a wider,…
Gender and Diversity Organizational Assessment Workshop conducted by Philippine Red Cross Following its mandate of reaching and providing humanitarian service to the most vulnerable, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), with the support of the International Federation of the Red Cross and…
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a life-threatening, global health and human rights issue. In December 2015, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement adopted the joint Resolution on Sexual and Gender Based Violence: Joint Action on Prevention and Response.…
The Vietnam Red Cross (VNRC) held the workshop “Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming in Vulnerability and Community-based Capacity Assessment (VCA) Guidance of the Vietnam Red Cross” on 19 September 2017, with the technical and financial support from the International Federation of Red…
In April 2014 the IFRC launched the Regional Resilience Initiative (RRI). The Initiative supports eleven Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies (NS) in Southeast Asia and has the goal of reducing the impact of natural disasters on vulnerable communities.…
Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) is a key assessment process used by the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) and some of its branches for participatory community assessments. The VCA process allows the CRC to understand people’s exposure to and the needed capacity…
Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a pressing problem not only because it violates human rights, but also because it poses a challenge to public health and economic and social development. GBV in Cambodia remains a significant issue and is…
The proposal to conduct the Joint Study on Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Disasters in ASEAN was endorsed by the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) Working Group on Prevention and Mitigation in March 2017, and was subsequently endorsed at the…
The annual Steering Committee Meeting for the Regional Resilience Initiative (RRI) will be held in Bangkok on 16 May 2018. The objective of the meeting is to review the past key implementation, oversee the project's strategy and provide overall guidance on the annual workplan…
Following the Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) protection before, during, and after disasters research conducted in Lao PDR by Lao Red Cross (LRC) and IFRC in 2017, one recommendation was to organize awareness raising activities to prevent and…
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…
Lao Red Cross (LRC) conducted a training on Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) for its staff at the headquarters on 29 March 2019. The objective of the training includes disseminating information about PGI ad violence against women to LRC…