This Guidance Note aims to provide action-oriented guidance to local and national government officials and key decision makers who face post-disaster challenges and to assist them in incorporating gender-responsive recovery and reconstruction efforts.
World Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
This rapid gender analysis is designed to provide initial information about gender roles, responsibilities, capacities and vulnerabilities of women, men, girls and boys, SOGIE and other marginalised people prior to and after TC Gita.
This report documents the humanitarian challenges encountered by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia, in the context of drought and ongoing conflict in the country. It outlines problems such as food insecurity and undernutrition, the lack of
This guide outlines ways in which adverse environmental impacts can be avoided after disasters, and good practices can be promoted. It covers sectors including settlements and land use planning; building construction; waste management; energy; infrastructure; water, sanitation and hygiene; agriculture and livelihoods; and education. It highlights the importance of flood risk management, landslide prevention and treatment, and management of forests after disasters.
The declaration was endorsed by Heads of Government, Ministers, and Heads of Delegation of countries in Asia and the Pacific, on 5 November 2016, as an outcome of the first Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) following the
India - governmentUnited Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionNational Disaster Management Authority (India)
These guidelines are designed to address the needs of women, men, and everyone of diverse gender and sexual identities, including LGBTI people, and to minimise the negative impact of gender stereotypes on all members of the community, in planning for and the delivery of relief and recovery services after emergencies.
Australia - governmentMonash UniversityWomen's Health Goulburn North East
This paper demonstrates the harmful effects that social expectations of masculinity can have on coping mechanisms and decision-making. Expectations based on gender have broad implications for families and communities and for the ways in which emergency
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, a majority of the designated evacuation centers (mostly in the form of school buildings or public gymnasiums) were severely damaged. In the drive to build back better and safer, the Philippine Disaster
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ReductionPhilippine Disaster Resilience Foundation