Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive

Description

Women are key to making communities and nations more resilient to natural hazards and are a largely untapped resource for accelerating risk reduction. In developing countries, women are still largely responsible for securing food, water, and energy in homes. Disaster risk reduction offers an opportunity for integration of gender perspectives into the five processes associated with the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action − political, social, economic, technological and humanitarian. Gender sensitive disaster risk reduction will accelerate progress in building resilience, particularly at the local level. This roundtable is organized with the support of gender and disaster risk reduction experts with the objective of sharing information and knowledge, assessing the progress and identifying challenges and opportunities for wider and greater implementation of gender sensitive disaster risk reduction.

Chair/Moderator/Faciliator

Ms. Lorena Aguilar, Global Senior Gender Adviser, IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature (MODERATOR)

Speakers

Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Reduction
Ms. Lily Caravantes, Presidential Secretary for Food Safety and Nutrition, Guatemala
Dr. P. G. Dhar Chakrabarti, Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, India
Ms. Laura Gurza Jaidar, General Coordinator for Civil Protection, Ministry of Interior, Mexico
Ms. Polotu Fakafanua Paunga, Deputy Director, Women’s Affairs, Ministry of Education, Women’s Affairs and Culture, Tonga

Report

> Report on the Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive Roundtable [PDF, 172.51 Kb]