World Bank2014-02-182014-02-182012-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17075This note on gender-sensitive post-disaster assessments is the eighth in a series of guidance notes on gender issues in disaster risk management (DRM) in the East Asia and the Pacific region. Targeting World Bank staff, clients and development partners, this note gives an overview of the main reasons for assessing gender impacts as part of a post-disaster needs assessment, identifies the key challenges, and recommends strategies and tools how to make post disaster assessments more gender-sensitive.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUSEACCESS TO LANDACCESS TO RESOURCESADOLESCENTSADVOCACYAGRICULTUREAIDBANKSBREADWINNERSCHILD PROTECTIONCOOPERATIVESCREDIT ACCESSCREDIT UNIONSCREDITORSDAMAGESDISABILITYDISABLEDDISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER RISK REDUCTIONDONOR SUPPORTECONOMIC ACTIVITYEDUCATIONAL STATUSEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEXCLUSIONEXPLOITATIONEXTENSIONFAMILIESFARM ASSETSFARMERSFARMSFEMALEFEMALE PERSONNELFISHERIESFOOD PRODUCTIONGENDERGENDER ANALYSISGENDER ASPECTSGENDER AWARENESSGENDER CONSIDERATIONSGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DIVISION OF LABORGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EXPERTGENDER EXPERTISEGENDER FOCUSGENDER IMPACTGENDER IMPACT ANALYSISGENDER ISSUESGENDER NEEDSGENDER NORMSGENDER NOTEGENDER SENSITIVITYGENDER SPECIALISTGENDER STEREOTYPESGENDER TARGETSGENDER-BASED VIOLENCEGENDER-RELATED ISSUESGENDER-SENSITIVITYGENDERSGIRLSHEADS OF HOUSEHOLDSHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH · EDUCATIONHOMEHOME OWNERSHOMEOWNERSHOMESHOUSEHOLD DYNAMICSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLDSHOUSESHOUSINGHUMANITARIAN ACTIONINDEBTEDNESSINDIGENOUS WOMENINEQUALITIESINFANT CAREINFORMAL INSURANCEINFORMAL SECTORINFORMAL SECTORSINFORMAL WORKERSINHERITANCEINHERITANCE RIGHTSINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKKEY CHALLENGESLABORERSLACK OF AWARENESSLAWSLEGISLATIONLITERACYLIVELIHOODSLIVESTOCKLOCAL WOMENLOW INCOMEMAINSTREAMING GENDERMALESMARGINALIZATIONMARRIAGESMIGRANTMINORITY GROUPSNGOSNUTRITIONOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPROPERTY OWNERSHIPPROPORTION OF GIRLSPROPORTION OF WOMENREFUGEEREMITTANCEREPRESENTATION OF WOMENREPRODUCTIVE AGEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARERISK MANAGEMENTRISK MITIGATIONSAVINGSSEXSEX-DISAGGREGATED DATASEXUAL VIOLENCESHELTERSMALL BUSINESSSMALL BUSINESS OWNERSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL WELFARESPECIALISTSSTART-UPSTATUS OF WOMENTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL SUPPORTUNFPAUNICEFUNIONUNITED NATIONSVILLAGEVILLAGESVIOLENCEVULNERABLE GROUPSWATER SUPPLYWFPWILLWOMANWOMEN'S ISSUESWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION10.1596/17075