Manual Guideline : Women’s capacity building and empowerment in disaster risk management and climate change adaptation

UN Women assists Government of Bangladesh to adopt gender-sensitive policy measures to mitigate women’s vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change and to reduce vulnerability of women effected by climate change through livelihood options. Capacity of government officials are being enhanced on gender mainstreaming in climate change, providing a critical mass within the government with an effective network to promote gender mainstreaming across 38 ministries and departments. Support has also been extended to various line-ministries and CSOs to develop gender-responsive national plans and strategies for disaster management in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

In this context, the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and Christian Aid prepared this manual for UN Women Bangladesh.

This manual includes six modules:

1) Introduction to gender in DDR and climate change,

2) Climate change and rural livelihoods,

3) Climate change vulnerabilities, adaptation and mitigation,

4) Safeguarding and protection of women in DRR and CCA,

5) Policy and institution on DRR and CC,

6) Organisational development and sustainability - needs assessments capacity in disaster affected area