Knowledgebase - Key Resources

This page contains key resources on gender and disaster risk reduction translated in several languages to benefit a wider audience. Visit the Gender and Disaster Sourcebook for a more comprehensive list (2005 and earlier).

Gender Sensitive Disaster Management: A Toolkit for Practitioners. This Toolkit authored by Chaman Pincha is the outcome of a research study undertaken to understand gender mainstreaming strategies used by NGOs and the Government in the context of their responses to and management of the Tsunami aftermath in Tamil Nadu. The field outcomes were analyzed through a gender perspective to understand the differential impact of disasters and coping strategies on women/girls, men/boys, and other marginalized groups, including Aravanis. Download the toolkit here or from Think Beyond Boundaries website.

Training Materials for Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Risk Reduction
This set of materials was designed and collated by Maureen Fordham (with help from colleagues in UNDP, UNISDR, Oxfam, AIDMI) for a Training of Trainers for UNDP. It was first delivered in Colombo, Sri Lanka in December 2007. It is currently being revised and will be delivered again for UNDP in Nepal in December 2008. Users are invited to take whatever individual elements seem useful to them, bearing in mind it was developed for a specific purpose and context. Please forward to GDN adaptations, other examples, case studies, tools and resources so that we can continue to build this Gendered Disaster Risk Reduction (GDRR) resource.

FACILITATOR MATERIALS

PARTICIPANTS' MATERIALS
(Contains the same material as the Facilitator Materials (except for a few notes/instructions for Facilitators) but is handed out in a staged process.

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Position Paper, UNFCCC COP 13, Gender cc, GDN, and other women's organisations. Bali, Indonesia, December 2007. (167KB)

Highlighting the needs and capacities of women and girls, men and boys in disaster risk reduction. GDN Oral Statement at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, First Session. Geneva, Switzerland. June 2007. (35KB)

Gender Equality in Disasters: Six Principles for Engendered Relief and Reconstruction. Gender and Disaster Network. (53KB) (54KB)

Hard Lessons Learned: Gender Notes for Tsunami Responders. Elaine Enarson, Gender and Disaster Network. (53KB) (54KB)

WOMEN, DISASTER, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Planning Guidelines for Programs, Coalitions, and Disaster Practitioners. Elaine Enarson. (48KB)

Issues Facing Women after Disasters. Elaine Enarson. (25KB)

UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: 82 Translations downloadable from PeaceWomen's website.

Working with Women at Risk: Practical Guidelines for Assessing Local Disaster Risk.This is a workbook for training community women to conduct hazard assessments and plan mitigation for their local neighborhoods. The model was developed and tested in communities in the Dominican Republic,  El Salvador, St. Lucia and Dominica. Elaine Enarson with Lourdes Meyreles, Marta González, Betty Hearn Morrow, Audrey Mullings, and Judith Soares. International Hurricane Center, Florida International University, June 2003. English (1.0MB) español (643KB)

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