Call for gender-inclusive disaster risk management

Women and girls are often the hardest hit group in society in times of natural disasters, and gender-based violence remains a key issue during the response phase. In order to identify mechanisms and tools to tackle this challenge, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) in cooperation with Wilton Park and with support from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised a workshop in Manil, Philippines, says a press release.

Speakers said that engaging women in disaster planning can save lives, protect assets and strengthen official disaster frameworks. They called for the national governments to integrate gender approach in the work of national disaster management authorities and collecting disaggregated data from disasters in order to better understand the needs of vulnerable groups.