Integrating Gender Issues in Community-Based Disaster Risk Management
This note on integrating gender issues in community-based disaster risk management is the fourth in a series of guidance notes on gender issues in dis-aster risk management (DRM) in East Asia and the Pacific. The first part of this note looks at re...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/304301468025503066/Integrating-gender-issues-in-community-based-disaster-risk-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26532 |
| Summary: | This note on integrating gender issues
in community-based disaster risk management is the fourth in
a series of guidance notes on gender issues in dis-aster
risk management (DRM) in East Asia and the Pacific. The
first part of this note looks at reasons to adopt a gender
sensitive approach for community based disaster risk
management. The second part focuses on tools to support a
gender conscious approach to community based DRM efforts.
Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) is an
approach that seeks to actively engage at risk communities
in the identification, analysis, implementation, monitoring
and evaluation of disaster risks in order to reduce their
vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities (ADPC 2004).
The underlying rationale is that communities bearing the
brunt of disasters have intimate knowledge of the issues and
vulnerabilities they face and therefore, given appropriate
support, are well-placed to identify solutions; plan and
implement disaster risk reduction activities; and in the
event of a disaster, manage relief and recovery efforts. The
aim of disaster risk management is to reduce vulnerabilities
and build the resilience of communities to external shocks
of major hazard events. The CBDRM approach advocates equal
community participation and involvement. It focuses on
community vulnerabilities and is couched within the broader
sustainable development and poverty reduction goals. Using a
gender sensitive approach ensures that DRM is conducted in a
comprehensive way, addressing the needs and harnessing the
capacity of all people (women, girls, boys and men) living
in the community. A gender sensitive CBDRM approach can have
a positive impact on many aspects of women and men's
lives. Working with existing women's networks helps
strengthening women's participation in the
community's decision-making processes. For example,
women's participation can highlight issues related to
gender-based violence and strengthen women's roles in
community-based early warning systems. It can also be used
to elevate the role of women as leaders who can drive a risk
reduction agenda in support of community development goals. |
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