23/04/2024
Dear Disability movement network
It is well established that the impact of disasters and climate change is not gender neutral. In disasters, the needs of women, girls, boys and men are different and distinct. The disproportionate impacts include social and economic marginalization; barriers in accessing education; gender-based violence, inadequate access to institutional support for relief and recovery, marginalization of health rights and many more. These impacts are a manifestation of inequalities exacerbated by interventions and policies that are blind to social and gender considerations.
These deep-rooted inequalities prevent developmental gains from reaching out to the sections that are most vulnerable to climate change and disasters. There is enough evidence that social protection and empowerment of women are critical for building resilience to climate change and disasters. Developing women, youth and the socially marginalized as change-makers has brought forth the challenges experienced by different vulnerable groups. Empowering such leaders in climate and disaster excellence has led to many instances of community action in building resilience and in extending the benefits of development widely and in a more equitable manner.
It is, therefore, important to mainstream core issues around gender and social marginalization in policies, strategies, action plans and projects in all sectors. This mainstreaming process cannot be an afterthought to policy making and program design and has to begin with the understanding of what climate and disaster risk mean to different vulnerable groups. The challenge that most policymakers, civil society organizations, advocacy groups and other stakeholders have is to find the starting point to advocate for and to mainstream gender and social inclusion (GESI) in their areas of work.
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), will organize 5th Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction, on 14-16 May 2024, Bangkok, Thailand. This course helps participants from different stakeholder groups to find that entry point. It moves beyond concepts and principles and focuses on operationalizing GESI mainstreaming into climate change and disaster risk reduction (CCDRR) programming. The hands-on approach adopted in the course will orient the participants to critical issues around GESI, tools and methods at hand, best practices in mainstreaming, and advocacy for GESI upscaling. The participants, as an output of the course, will work through the preparation of a gender responsive CCDRR project concept note.
Interested individuals and organizations can register online at www.adpc.net/apply
For more information about the course, you may also contact Apibarl Bunchongraksa at [email protected]
and telephone numbers +66 22980681 to 92 ext. 132.
You can find more information of this course at https://www.adpc.net/igo/contents/Training/training-schedule-event.asp?pid=1886
Looking forward to seeing you in the Training.
