Toward gender-responsive and technology-oriented disaster management in Eastern Africa

This publication documents the findings of studies that analysed the current institutional, political and decision-support frameworks associated with disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Eastern Africa to support the development and integration of modern technologies such as AI innovations, citizen science and gender-responsive actions into strategies and action plans for DRR in schools, higher education, communities and public sector. Covering ten countries (Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda), key recommendations for AI integration and gender mainstreaming into DRR policy instruments are also presented.

The findings have the potential to influence policy decisions that drive investments for effective use of innovations in AI, citizen science and gender-responsive actions that can enable disaster resiliency in Eastern Africa.