1. IFRC Frameworks and policies
In this section you will find resources related to the main overarching IFRC frameworks and policies, as well as key guidelines for the integration of gender and diversity within the work of National Societies. These frameworks, policies and guidelines are not stand-alone and should be used together to understand IFRC’s approach to gender and diversity and how best to ensure that it is integrated within the National Society and the work we do.
Explanatory note to the IFRC Strategic Framework on Gender and Diversity Issues
Purpose This document looks at why gender and diversity is important to the IFRC framework and to the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Strategy 2020. Overview Gender and diversity are important to the…
Cambodian Red Cross Gender and Diversity Policy (in Khmer and English)
This policy (in Khmer and English) establishes the basis for the Cambodian Red Cross to ensure that the gender and diversity differences are taken into account and systematically addressed in relation to core areas as defined in CRC Strategy 2011 – 2020, such as disaster management, health and health care in the community, promotion of the movement’s fundamental principles and humanitarian values, and organizational development and resource development.
IFRC Strategy on violence prevention, mitigation and response, 2011 – 2020: Strategic directions to address interpersonal and self-directed violence
This document provides direction to National Societies and the Federation to support the aims and enabling actions of the IFRC Strategy 2020 in relation to self-directed and interpersonal violence, including urban violence.
Strategy on Violence Prevention, Mitigation and Response – Fact Sheet
Purpose This fact sheet looks at why violence is a great human challenge and gives strategic directions to address violence within the strategic aims and enabling actions outlined in IFRC’s Strategy 2020. Overview Strategic aims include: saving lives, protecting livelihoods,…
2. IFRC minimum standards commitments to gender and diversity in emergency programming
Minimum Standard Commitments to Gender and Diversity in Emergency Programming – Pilot Version
The Minimum Standard Commitments for each sector are based around a framework of: dignity; access; participation; safety; and internal protection systems. The checklist provides specific indicators which an organisation can use to rate its progress (achieved, partially achieved, not achieved and not applicable), justify its score and propose next steps. This checklist provides a quick tool for assessing compliance with the Minimum Standard Commitments in Emergency Programming for Red Cross / Red Crescent staff and volunteers in: emergency health; food security; water, sanitation and hygiene; emergency shelter; livelihoods; non-food items and disaster risk reduction. It serves as a tool for organisations to mark progress and identify their next steps.
Minimum standard commitments to gender and diversity in emergency programming by sector
Purpose This checklist provides a quick tool for assessing compliance with the Minimum Standard Commitments in Emergency Programming for Red Cross / Red Crescent staff and volunteers in: emergency health; food security; water, sanitation and hygiene; emergency shelter; livelihoods; non-food…
3. Other references
Gender Manual: A Practical Guide for Development Policy Makers and Practitioners
Purpose This gender manual is designed to help project workers, who are not gender specialists, recognise and address gender issues in their work. The intention is to demystify gender, make the concept and practice of gender mainstreaming accessible to a…
Women, Gender and Disaster: Abilities and Disabilities
Purpose This note looks at the challenges women with disabilities face in disasters and highlights the importance of knowing these challenges. Overview More women than men live with physical and/or mental conditions which, in a disability-hostile environment, limit their everyday…
Framework on integration of priority cross-cutting themes: Violence prevention, gender equality and beneficiary accountability
Purpose This document brings together three cross-cutting themes (violence prevention, beneficiary accountability and gender equality) that have emerged as consistent priorities within international operations into one cohesive approach that will assist programme teams to meet minimum standards, while also determining…
Incheon Strategy to ‘Make the Right Real’ for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific
The Incheon Strategy provides the Asian and Pacific region, and the world, with the first set of regionally agreed disability-inclusive development goals. The strategy comprises 10 goals, 27 targets and 62 indicators.
The strategy will enable the Asian and Pacific region to track progress towards improving the quality of life, and the fulfilment of the rights of the region’s 650 million people with disabilities, most of whom live in poverty.
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