Gender responsive disaster risk reduction: a contribution by the United Nations to the consultation leading to the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR)

This document provides recommendations for addressing disaster risk and gender responsiveness in the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction). It presents: (i) the status of gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction; (ii) the drivers for integrating gender equality in disaster risk reduction (DRR); (iii) recommendations for addressing gender equality in the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction; (iv) the regional/international policy frameworks and initiatives on gender equality to be targeted; (v) measuring gender equality in DRR; (vi) a list of agencies contributing and very brief description of institutional commitment; and (vii) key documents/source of additional info.