Mission
Japan Women's Network for Disaster Risk Reduction is a network of women's organizations and individuals in Japan. It was organized after the 2011 March 11th earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan by women concerned about the lack of gender sensitivity and the discrimination towards women shown in decision-making after the disaster.
The Network's mission is to advocate for the establishment and implementation of gender sensitive disaster management laws and reconstruction laws, so that gender equality is brought into all organizations and activities for reconstruction. It was successful in writing gender equality into laws related to reconstruction after the March 2011 disaster. It is now working on monitoring implementation.
Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.