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Gendering disaster risk reduction - Key Resources

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The recent disasters which struck neighbouring countries in Asia and the Pacific emphasised once again the need for gender sensitive disaster risk reduction strategy.

Here are several resources which provide some basic principles in gendering DRR:

1) GENDER EQUALITY IN DISASTERS: SIX PRINCIPLES FOR ENGENDERED RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION. http://www.gdnonline.org/resources/GDN_GENDER_EQUALITY_IN_DISASTERS.pdf

Equidad de Genero en los Desastres: Seis Principios para Transversalizar el Género en la Respuesta
y en la Reconstrucción. http://www.gdnonline.org/resources/GDN_sixprinciples_es.pdf

L’egalite des Genres dans la Prevention et la Gestion des Catastrophes: Les Six Principes pour une Résilience
et une Reconstruction Collective. http://www.gdnonline.org/resources/GDN_sixprinciples_fr.pdf

2) WORKING WITH WOMEN AT RISK: PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING LOCAL DISASTER RISK. http://gdnonline.org/resources/WorkingwithWomenEnglish.pdf

CÓMO TRABAJAR CON MUJERES EN SITUACIONES DE RIESGO DIRECTRICES PRÁCTICAS PARA
EVALUAR LA VULNERABILIDAD A LOS DESASTRES NATURALES Y LA CAPACIDAD DE RESPUESTA A
NIVEL LOCAL. http://gdnonline.org/resources/WorkingWithWomenSpanish.pdf

3) WORKING WITH WOMEN IN EMERGENCY RELIEF AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES. http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/catalog/autogen/0097.asp

4) GENDER-AWARE DISASTER PRACTICE: A SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR DISASTER RESPONDING AGENCIES. http://gdnonline.org/resources/gender-sensitive-planning.doc

5) MAKING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION GENDER-SENSITIVE: POLICY AND PRACTICAL GUIDELINES. http://www.preventionweb.net/files/9922_MakingDisasterRiskReductionGenderSe.pdf

6) GUIDELINES FOR GENDER-SENSITIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT. http://www.apwld.org/pdf/Gender_Sensitive.pdf

7) GENDER MATTERS: TALKING POINTS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. www.gdnonline.org/resources/gendermatters-talkingpoints-ee04.doc

8)  WOMEN, GIRLS, BOYS & MEN. DIFFERENT NEEDDS - EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.  IASC GENDER HANDBOOK FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION. http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/gender

9) THE SPHERE PROJECT: HUMANITARIAN CHARTER AND MINIMUM STANDARDS IN DISASTER RESPONSE. http://www.sphereproject.org/

10) GENDER EQUALITY AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: A GUIDE TO THE ISSUES. http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/INET/IMAGES.NSF/vLUImages/Africa/$file/Guide-Gender.pdf

11) GENDER SENSITIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT: A TOOLKIT FOR PRACTITIONERS. http://gdnonline.org/resources/Pincha_GenderSensitiveDisasterManagement_Toolkit.pdf

TRANSLATED IN:

TAMIL. http://gdnonline.org/resources/Pincha_Gender_Sensitive_DM_Toolkit_Tamil.pdf

BAHASA INDONESIA. http://gdnonline.org/resources/Pincha_GenderSensitiveDM_BahasaIndonesia.pdf

TURKISH. http://gdnonline.org/resources/PinchaKitap_Turkce_RENKLI.pdf

The list is not exhaustive, for more resources please visit the Gender and Disaster Sourcebook >> Policy and Planning Tools: http://www.gdnonline.org/sourcebook/chapt/ind.php?id=2

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