Gender

Items: 98
2012

This volume draws on original research and firsthand narratives from women in diverse economic, political, ethnic, and geographic contexts to portray pre-Katrina vulnerabilities, gender concerns in post-disaster housing and assistance, and women's

Vanderbilt University
2011 pakistan floods pdna
2011
This Damage and Needs Assessment provides a summary of the damage caused by the 2011 flood in Pakistan and what is necessary for recovery in each sector, including housing, education, and infrastructure.
Pakistan - government Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR) Asian Development Bank (ADB) United Nations - Headquarters
2011

This report analyses how target communities in Myanmar were able to recover from the Cyclone Nargis and become more resilient towards future hazards. There are seven aspects that are evaluated to assess the overall effectiveness of the Cyclone Nargis

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
2011

This document asserts that there is an increasing evidence that climate change has an impact on natural disasters, such as flooding, and on agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. It briefly reviews issues related to

Asian Development Bank Institute
2011

Disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific, working paper series no. 24:

This note explores some of the underlying issues that are linked to gender and vulnerability to natural disasters and offers examples of how to address some of these

World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
2009

This document examines the lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami and looks at how the world can be better prepared and take wiser decisions when homes, livelihoods, and communities must be restored or replaced. It documents what went wrong for

United Nations Development Fund for Women
2010

This document reports on the network's successes in disaster preparedness, response and recovery; health promotion; food security; development; gender equality; promotion of humanitarian principles and values; and its efforts to reduce stigma and

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
2010
This publication is an initial step in documenting, collecting and sharing disaster recovery experiences and lessons, which also integrate disaster reduction initiatives aimed at reducing the womens' vulnerability.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction International Recovery Platform
2010
This report highlights a range of BCPR's 2009 key achievements in (i) conflict prevention and recovery, (ii) early recovery, (iii) disaster risk reduction and recovery, and (iii) gender equality in crisis prevention and recovery.
Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
2010
This report aims to scale-up women’s participation in recovery and reconstruction of Haiti and asserts that gender equality principles must guide all aspects of disaster mitigation, response and reconstruction. It is a response to Haiti’s National Plan of Action, the blueprint guiding reconstruction efforts and resource allocation, based on a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), resulting from a two month process led by the Government of Haiti and involving more than 250 people from the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union and the Inter-American Development Bank, but failing to address gender dimensions of Haiti’s proposed strategies for reconstructing macroeconomic, social, environmental policies, as well as infrastructure and governance.
Huairou Commission Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood Gender and Disaster Network, the

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