Integrating Gender-Sensitive Disaster Risk Management into Community-Driven Development Programs

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS OF WOMEN;    ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT;    ACCESS TO INFORMATION;    ADVOCACY;    ADVOCACY STRATEGIES;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This note on integratinggender-sensitive disaster risk management (DRM) incommunity-driven development (CDD) Programs is the sixth ina series of guidance notes on gender issues in DRM in theEast Asia and the Pacific region. Targeting World Bankstaff, clients and development partners, this note gives anoverview of the main reasons for incorporatinggender-sensitive DRM into CDD programs, identifies the keychallenges, and recommends strategies and tools. Poor womenand men are more at risk from adverse impacts of naturalhazards. Vulnerability to the risks and income shocksresulting from natural disasters is one of the fundamentaldimensions of poverty (World Bank, 2009). Many of thecommunities in which CDD programs are being implemented aredisaster-prone and sensitive to the impacts of climatechange. Initiatives to strengthen the resilience of poor andvulnerable men and women to natural hazard and climatechange impacts can not only contribute to improving theirlivelihoods and safety but also to protecting thesubstantial investments being made in poverty reduction,infrastructure and services provision.