Gender equality and women’s empowerment in disaster recovery
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 across all sectors through robust gender assessments that lead to concrete needs identification and gender-specific recovery strategies and frameworks. Implementation of such actions will facilitate both a more resilient, sustainable recovery and advances in reducing gender inequality.
The note also addresses the different challenges that women face in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction caused by underlying issues of inequality and marginalization. Further, the note provides guidance on how to turn a post-disaster situation into an opportunity to enhance gender equality and women’s empowerment, with a focus on building back better, as the aftermath of a disaster can present opportunities for new and more progressive gender roles and relationships to emerge.
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- Gender, place and mental health recovery in disasters: Addressing issues of equality and difference
- Post-disaster needs assessment guidelines: Volume B - Gender
- Guidance on gender mainstreaming in transition
- Gender mainstreaming case study: north east coastal community development project and tsunami-affected areas rebuilding project
- Good practices on economic empowerment of women in post-disaster reconstruction in Tohoku and the Asia-Pacific
- Words into Action guidelines: On the frontline of disaster risk reduction and resilience: Children and youth engagement guide for implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
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