Publication: Making Women's Voices Count: Addressing Gender Issues in Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific
Date
2011-11-28
ISSN
Published
2011-11-28
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This note on making women's voices
count addressing gender issues in disaster risk management
(DRM) in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) is the first in a
series of guidance notes targeting World Bank staff, clients
and development partners. The note gives an overview of the
links between gender and disaster risk management,
identifies the key operational bottlenecks, and recommends
strategies and resources. Grounded in extensive field work
in Lao PDR and Vietnam, and drawing on the significant
amount of material already available, these guidance notes
are intended to be first stop, practical documents that can
be used to design and implement gender dimensions into
disaster risk management work across the EAP region. The
target audience is World Bank staff, clients and development
partners active in the fields of gender and DRM. A gender
sensitive DRM approach takes both women's and
men's different needs, constraints and opportunities
into account throughout the whole project cycle, thereby
strengthening community disaster resilience and making DRM
interventions more effective. Addressing gender issues
contributes to reducing women's vulnerabilities and
increases their resilience to overcome the impacts of
disasters. When done well, women and men can both benefit,
and women can be empowered to make decisions and contribute
to household recovery.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2011. Making Women's Voices Count: Addressing Gender Issues in Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific. East Asia and the Pacific Region Sustainable Development Guidance Note;No. 1. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26530 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”