Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive: Policy and Practical Guidelines

  • Gender Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction

Summary

Disasters don’t discriminate, but people do. Existing socio-economic conditions mean that disasters can lead to different outcomes even for demographically similar communities – but inevitably the most vulnerable groups suffer more than others. Research reveals that disasters reinforce, perpetuate and increase gender inequality, making bad situations worse for women. Meanwhile, the potential contributions that women can offer to the disaster risk reduction imperative around the world are often overlooked and female leadership in building community resilience to disasters is frequently disregarded.

Citation

Gender Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction. Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive: Policy and Practical Guidelines. Geneva: United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2009.

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