Publication: Gender-Responsive Disaster Preparedness and Recovery in the Caribbean: Desk Review
Date
2021
ISSN
Published
2021
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Caribbean countries share a number of
characteristics which make them vulnerable to external
threats, including small populations, limited economies of
scale, and undiversified economies. The COVID-19 pandemic
through 2020has added to the severity of consequences for
these countries’ disaster preparedness and recovery efforts,
which can significantly complicate challenges caused by
natural or man-made disasters, and disrupt health services
and health infrastructure as well as make social distancing
more difficult in relief shelters and among people displaced
by natural hazards. Strong evidence from around the world
has demonstrated that disaster impacts are more devastating
for vulnerable populations and disadvantaged groups that
comprise women, the poor, the elderly, youth, people with
disabilities, and various minority groups. Such evidence
underscores the importance of differential gender analysis
for an effective disaster planning and recovery, while
considering the specific needs of vulnerable populations and
disadvantaged groups. This desk review recognizes the
importance of evidence based approaches to disaster risk
management (DRM), and aims at evaluating gender-responsive
disaster preparedness and recovery efforts in the nine CFR
Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica,
Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, and Suriname. The desk review’s key objectives
include: (i) an assessment of gender gaps and other
inequalities, particularly in the context of disaster
impacts; (ii) an evaluation of the extent of the integration
of gender considerations into disaster and climate change
policies at the national and sector levels; and (iii) the
development of recommendations for capacity building and
technical assistance in gender responsive disaster
preparedness and recovery for each of the nine countries.
Citation
“World Bank. 2021. Gender-Responsive Disaster Preparedness and Recovery in the Caribbean : Desk Review. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35215 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”