“Natural hazards, such as floods, droughts and earthquakes, are gender neutral – but their impacts are not,” according to this blog. Even men and women, boys and girls from the same
This blog discusses the unprecedented combination of negative shocks impacting South Asia in recent years and the need to smooth these in a way that leaves no one behind. It highlights this
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) remains the keystone international policy for DRR. This blog celebrates the recent launch of the Framework’s Gender Action Plan (the Sendai GAP), outlining how
Want to learn more about gender-responsive social protection in crisis contexts? This guidance note looks at how social protection instruments and systems can support gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Interested in the ethics of conducting research in the aftermath of natural disasters or in fragile and conflict-affected contexts? This humanitarian research toolkit provides guidelines for minimizing risks and potential harms.
Need tips on how to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in crisis and recovery settings? This toolkit presents entry points and innovative practices, backed up by data, indicators, and explanations of why
This study finds that women allocate disproportionately more land out of subsistence and into income-generating crops after a drought. Using a novel weather shock measure that combines spatial rainfall data with
Adaptive social protection (ASP) schemes, which integrate fundamental social protection with disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change, are increasingly used to prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of
This report draws on 25 case studies to document gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and lessons learned. The case studies examine impacts and results, good practices, and potential for
Presenting a qualitative analysis of the experiences of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper focuses on how socioeconomic factors, such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income,
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Gender Dimensions of Disaster Risk and Resilience (2021)
“Natural hazards, such as floods, droughts and earthquakes, are gender neutral – but their impacts are not,” according to this blog. Even men and women, boys and girls from the same
Rethinking Social Protection in South Asia: Toward Progressive Universalism (2024)
This blog discusses the unprecedented combination of negative shocks impacting South Asia in recent years and the need to smooth these in a way that leaves no one behind. It highlights this
What is the Sendai Gender Action Plan? (2024)
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) remains the keystone international policy for DRR. This blog celebrates the recent launch of the Framework’s Gender Action Plan (the Sendai GAP), outlining how
Gender-Transformative Social Protection in Crisis Contexts: Guidance Note
Want to learn more about gender-responsive social protection in crisis contexts? This guidance note looks at how social protection instruments and systems can support gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Humanitarian Research Toolkit
Interested in the ethics of conducting research in the aftermath of natural disasters or in fragile and conflict-affected contexts? This humanitarian research toolkit provides guidelines for minimizing risks and potential harms.
UNDP Gender and Recovery Toolkit
Need tips on how to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in crisis and recovery settings? This toolkit presents entry points and innovative practices, backed up by data, indicators, and explanations of why
Crop Choice, Drought, and Gender: New Insights from Smallholders’ Response to Weather Shocks in Rural Uganda (2021)
This study finds that women allocate disproportionately more land out of subsistence and into income-generating crops after a drought. Using a novel weather shock measure that combines spatial rainfall data with
Stress Testing Adaptive Social Protection Systems in the Sahel (2023)
Adaptive social protection (ASP) schemes, which integrate fundamental social protection with disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change, are increasingly used to prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of
Women’s Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction: Examples from Arab States (2021)
This report draws on 25 case studies to document gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and lessons learned. The case studies examine impacts and results, good practices, and potential for
Gendered Experience of Disaster: Women's Account of Evacuation, Relief and Recovery in Nepal (2022)
Presenting a qualitative analysis of the experiences of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper focuses on how socioeconomic factors, such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income,