This section contains resources under the key sectors for resilience building: disaster risk reduction and disaster management; health; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); shelter; and gender-based violence.
Each topic comprises resources that highlight the importance on integrating gender and diversity within the different sectors, as well as resources that focus on approaches to mainstreaming and integration. Each section also contains guidelines and tools for the practical integration of gender and diversity within programmes and activities.
This section contains some important guiding documents both from IFRC, National Societies and external organisations to the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement that highlight the importance of gender and diversity-sensitive approaches to DRR/DM to ensure gender and diversity equality. Following this, there are some guidelines and tools that focus on specific areas of programming e.g. gender and diversity sensitive assessments, participatory rapid appraisal activities and check lists to ensure we are accountable to everyone during and after an emergency. Resources relating to inclusion of people with disabilities, the elderly and ethnic minorities highlight risk factors and important considerations to ensure during an emergency.
Posters
- Minimum Standard in Disasters for Men and Women and Challenges: Rights, Access, Participation and Safety (in Lao)
- Minimum Standard in Disasters for Men and Women and Challenges: Disaster Risk Reduction (in Lao)
- Minimum Standard in Disasters for Men and Women and Challenges: Health (in Lao)
Assessment Forms
A practical guide to gender-sensitive for disaster management (2010)
Purpose: The guidelines presented in this document are intended to help Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) incorporate effective gender-sensitive and inclusive approaches into their disaster management strategies…
Gender Issues in Red Cross and Red Crescent Response to the Tsunami
Purpose The report summarises the initial outcomes of an action research project launched by the Organisational Development Department to look at the Red Cross and Red Crescent (RC/RC) response to the tsunami from a gender perspective. The aim of the…
Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive – Policy and Practical Guidelines
Purpose This publication offers policy and practical guidelines for national and local governments to further implement the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA). The overarching goal is to contribute to building…
Guide for Dealing with Gender Equality
Purpose The Danish Red Cross (DRC) International Department has developed this guide with the aim of ensuring that DRC programmes properly address gender equality. The guide aims to be a practical tool assisting DRC, partner national societies and their networks…
Women, Girls, Boys and Men Different Needs – Equal Opportunities
Purpose This handbook offers real and practical guidance on identifying and addressing the differing needs and situations of women, girls, boys and men; in other words, being sensitive to gender issues in humanitarian crises. Overview The handbook is divided into…
Gender-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management
Purpose This paper looks at key gender issues in disaster-risk management, gender-inclusive assessments, gender-design elements in strengthening disaster resilience, and gender-design elements in disaster recovery assistance. It includes case studies from Pakistan, Aceh in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Overview Key…
Integrating Gender in Climate Change Adaptation Proposals
Purpose This sourcebook focuses on climate change adaptation (CCA) rather than mitigation. It focuses on the front end of the project cycle; specifically, proposal preparation for accessing climate change adaptation financing. The sourcebook provides the reader with tools to help…
Gender Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction
Purpose This document looks at the impact of disaster on gender equality, the status of gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction, and drivers for integrating gender equality in disaster risk reduction. It provides recommendations for addressing gender equality in the…
Equity and Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction: Building Resilience for All
Purpose This paper attempts to address some of the shortcomings of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and to move the debate beyond the simplistic focus of including vulnerable groups within disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy-making. By promoting socio-economic and…
Gender Sensitivity in Disaster Management
This study was undertaken to assess the outcomes of the ‘Building Disaster Resilient Communities II’ project in Cambodia, funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Office (ECHO) and co-funded by Disaster Risk Reduction consortium members between April 2014 and December 2015.
The study focuses on disaster management in Cambodia through a gender lens using Participation Action Research (PAR) methods to engage with local actors. It also includes a gender audit of key disaster risk reduction (DRR) guidelines, relevant policies and other key materials.
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Gender and Diversity Sensitive Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA)
This video looks at the importance of Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA). It presents a case study of VCA in the Mai Hoa commune in Vietnam. Mai Hoa suffers from flooding caused by climate change. The commune experienced floods in 2007 and 2013. The video looks at the experiences of people during these floods.
Gender and Resilience. Working Paper
This paper reviews different approaches to incorporating gender equality objectives into resilience projects and to monitoring gender equality outcomes. It uses a sample of project proposals from DFID’s Building Resilience to Climate Extremes and Disasters programme (BRACED) and makes suggestions on ways to promote effective and consistent practice across the full range of projects.
The methodology is twofold, involving a systematic review of how gender resiliencies are considered in the literature on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and an analysis of project planning materials for eight of the 15 NGO projects being supported by BRACED. The NGOs cover Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger, Myanmar, Nepal, Kenya and Uganda.
Women’s Leadership in Risk- Resilient Development: Good Practices and Lessons Learned
This publication aims to shed some light on women’s capabilities to take leading roles in building disaster resilience. It features women as drivers of change in different socio-economic contexts, and under various gender conditions.
The publication includes case studies from 14 countries in Africa, Asia and Oceania. For each case study it looks at the initiative, its impact and results, the good practices, lessons learned and potential for replication.
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A Pocket Guide to Gender and Diversity in Emergencies – Quality, Impact and Accountability
Purpose This pocket guide covers issues such as the basics of gender and diversity analysis, rapid gender and diversity assessment – the triple ‘A’ approach, gender-based violence, and the roles and responsibilities of different groups of people, ranging from the…
Gender and Diversity in Emergencies – Quick and Easy Steps for Accountability to Affected People
Purpose This poster looks at the steps for accountability to affected people in assessments and monitoring; shelter and gender-based violence. Overview In assessments and monitoring, the steps involve: guaranteeing gender balance in the assessment team; speaking directly with affected women,…
Community Based Gender Checklist Risk Assessment
Purpose This one pager provides a checklist for community-based gender risk assessment. The checklist covers: identifying hazard risks; determining vulnerabilities (exposure); identifying capacities; and determining levels of risk. Usage: Guidance for project implementation Audiences: Technical staff; Gender and diversity practitioners…
Integrating gender concerns into the objectives and activities for disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, based on national disaster risk management plans and OCHA’s minimum preparedness activities
Purpose This paper looks at how to integrate gender into the objectives and activities to be carried out for disaster prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. Overview Activities to be carried out for disaster prevention are: hazard and risk analysis; providing…
Gender Strengthening Programme for Eastern and Southern Africa Division: Toolkit for Practitioners
Purpose The overall purpose of this toolkit is to explain to practitioners: what participatory tools are available for rapid market-problem diagnosis, socio-economic and gender targeting and, for each tool, how to use it, how to analyse the information and how…
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How to do a VCA: A Practical Step-by-Step guide for Red Cross Red Crescent Staff and Volunteers
The guidelines in this document aim to support National Societies in conducting Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) and adapting the VCA process to their own countries. It provides a suggested path for conducting a VCA day-by-day in the field, and its expected outcomes.
VCA toolbox with reference sheets
Purpose This toolbox looks at different participatory investigative tools that can be used to accomplish a successful Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA). It looks at what, specifically, is involved in undertaking research in VCA and the different information-gathering tools available.…
Overview Tools for Gender Analysis
Purpose This document provides an overview of tools required for gender analysis. Overview The tools are: Sex-disaggregated data: For most gender assessments, separate data is needed for women and men. This is the foundation for the identification of societal differences…
Flood Early Warning Systems in Nepal – A Gendered Perspective
Purpose For flood early-warning systems to be fully effective, they must reach the end users and meet the different needs of women and men. Thus, a study on ‘Early warning systems from a gender perspective, with special reference to flood…
Community Early Warning Systems (CEWS) – Training Toolkit Field Guide
The Training Toolkit for Community Early Warning Systems is an operational manual that aims to strengthen early warning systems in a developing country context. It is targeted to National Societies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that are embarking on a journey either to strengthen existing CEWS efforts in a country or to create, from scratch, a community-driven EWS. Trainers are DRR/M programme, project and partner staff members who would be responsible to guide, support or evaluate EWS efforts in at-risk communities.
Flood Early Warning Systems in Nepal – A Gendered Perspective
Purpose For flood early-warning systems to be fully effective, they must reach the end users and meet the different needs of women and men. Thus, a study on ‘Early warning systems from a gender perspective, with special reference to flood…
Voices of Ethnic Minority Children – Participatory Video on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change in Vietnam
Purpose This publication introduces the Participatory Video (PV) methodology as a tool to amplify the voices of traditionally excluded groups who are greatly affected by disasters. The publication outlines the steps involved in carrying out the PV process held in…
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Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction: Toolbox on Earthquakes for Community Work in Urban Contexts
Purpose This brochure is part of the series ‘Together promoting safer neighbourhoods’ which consists of four booklets on seismic risk, developed within the framework of the ‘Strengthening capacities for preparedness and response to earthquakes in urban areas of Managua’s district…
How to Include Disability Issues in Disaster Management – following Floods in 2004 in Bangladesh
Purpose This document looks at addressing the needs of people with disabilities in disasters. It provides guidelines and tools on including people with disabilities in disaster management. The guidelines cover the following areas: preparedness; immediate response; reconstruction and mitigation; and…
Disability Checklist for Emergency Response: Adapted from Disability Task Force
Purpose This document provides a checklist of activities which ensure the inclusion and protection of injured and disabled people during emergencies. As well as general guidelines, it provides specific ones for: health and nutrition; water and sanitation; protection, women and…
Manual on Disability Inclusive Community-Based Disaster Risk Management
Purpose This manual enables relevant practitioners to understand why disability should be included in Community-Based Disaster Risk Management and gives an overview of the disability inclusive Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) cycle. It also gives detailed instructions on implementing Step…
Audio visual: Blind People and Disaster Risk Management
Purpose Vietnam is one of the countries in the world most vulnerable to natural disasters. The country suffers from many disasters including floods, storms, tropical depressions, droughts and forest fires. This video looks at the challenges blind people face in…
Voices of Ethnic Minority Children – Participatory Video on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change in Vietnam
Purpose This publication introduces the Participatory Video (PV) methodology as a tool to amplify the voices of traditionally excluded groups who are greatly affected by disasters. The publication outlines the steps involved in carrying out the PV process held in…
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Protecting Older People in Emergencies: Good Practice Guide
Purpose This briefing draws on 14 field projects to highlight common challenges of supporting older people. Eleven of the case studies summarise the key challenges and most effective responses that the experts identified during their visits. The three remaining case…
Older People in Emergencies – Identifying and Reducing Risks
Purpose This document systematically reviews the main risks older people are exposed to in emergency situations. For each risk, the document also lists simple measures that can be taken within the standard programming and funding parameters of humanitarian organisations to…
Older People in Disasters and Humanitarian Crises: Guidelines for Best Practices
Purpose The guidelines in this document give examples of key approaches and actions that could help the humanitarian community reduce the vulnerability associated with ageing. They also suggest ways to enhance the capacities and contribution of older people in emergencies.…
Audiovisual: Older People and Disaster Risk Management
Purpose Vietnam is one of the countries in the world most vulnerable to natural disasters. The country suffers from many disasters including floods, storms, tropical depressions, droughts and forest fires. This video looks at the challenges older people face in…
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Gender and diversity for urban resilience: An analysis
This document looks at urban risk reduction: examples of gender and diversity-based risks and vulnerabilities in urban areas; social and economic inequalities to consider in urban environments; migrants; disability; and examples of gender and diversity vulnerabilities in urban disaster response and recovery. The paper also looks at Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in terms of key issues of GBV during and after disasters, and key action points for addressing GBV in Disaster Risk Reduction/Disaster Management (DRR/DM).
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This section includes resources from community-based health to health in emergencies. It also focuses on specific areas of health that can lead to increased vulnerability during disasters if not adequately understood or addressed e.g. menstrual hygiene. There are many interactions between gender and the diversity that exists within communities and this is very evident when it comes to health during disasters. Resources under the HIV/Aids section of this page highlight these interactions e.g. AIDS and the elderly as well as the interactions between gender and HIV.
Integrating Gender and Diversity into Community Health – Guidance Note
Purpose This note provides guidance on how to integrate gender and diversity considerations when applying the community-based health and first aid (CBHFA) approach, particularly in regard to health promotion and disease prevention, Mother, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), non-communicable diseases…
Eliminating Health Inequities – Every Woman and Every Child Counts
Purpose This report provides evidence that health inequities can, and need to be, addressed through a holistic approach. It contains a number of case studies from Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, Ecuador, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Democratic People’s Republic…
Gender and Health in Disasters
Purpose This document provides information on sex and gender differences in vulnerability to, and impact of, disasters. It looks at all levels of the disaster process: exposure to risk, risk perception, preparedness, response, physical impact, psychological impact, recovery and reconstruction.…
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Audio Visual: What does every human being want?
“What does every human being want?” is an advocacy video describing the experience of children growing up with HIV. This video asks the question: What does every human being want? It shows that people living with HIV want acceptance and understanding just like any other human being.
Innovative strategies using communications technologies to engage gay men and other men who have sex with men into early HIV testing and treatment in Thailand
This document reviews the impact achieved by ‘Adam’s Love’, an integrated public–private sector web-based communications strategy launched by the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre in September 2011. Specific objectives of the strategy included scaling-up early HIV testing and treatment, increasing HIV-related awareness and knowledge, and positively influencing attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours about HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Thailand.
Menstrual Hygiene Matters: A Resource for Improving Menstrual Hygiene Around the World
Purpose The purpose of this resource is to provide a comprehensive resource on menstrual hygiene that supports the development of context-specific information for improving practices for women and girls in lower- and middle-income countries. It includes a number of case…
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This section contains resources on mainstreaming gender and diversity in shelter programmes as well as specific guidance on inclusive shelter for the elderly and people with disabilities.
Guidance on Mainstreaming Gender and Diversity in Shelter Programmes
Purpose This document highlights some practical ways in which gender concerns can be incorporated and articulated in shelter programming. Overview Assessments: Data on affected populations should be broken down by age, sex and other relevant factors (for example, people with…
All Under One Roof – Disability-Inclusive Shelter And Settlements in Emergencies
Purpose This document offers technical guidance for disability-inclusive shelter and settlement support in emergencies. Developed by IFRC, Handicap International and CBM, it draws upon guidelines from these and other institutions, relevant national and international standards, and the expertise of practitioners.…
Guidelines for Creating Barrier-Free Emergency Shelters
Purpose These guidelines provide information and examples to support the design and construction of barrier-free emergency shelters that may be used by all people within a community following a natural disaster, such as a flood or landslide. Overview Barrier-free environments…
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Through addressing gender and diversity needs and understanding capacities throughout all the sectors under the ‘building resilience’ section of this resource library, we can work towards reducing and mitigating the impacts of disasters on the occurrence of gender-based violence. This section contains resources on violence prevention best practices and guides from the Canadian Red Cross, as well as guidelines for responding to gender –based violence. Case study video links from IFRC and UNHCR highlight good practice examples. The importance of looking at the interactions between gender and dimensions of diversity is highlighted through resources that look at disability inclusion in gender-based programming.
Unseen, Unheard: Gender-based violence in disasters – global study (2015)
The study is designed to foster the recognition that gender-based violence (GBV) is a major feature of many conflicts and understanding its occurrence during disasters.
The research addresses three questions: 1. What characterizes GBV in disasters? 2. In what ways should legal and policy frameworks, including disaster risk management, be adapted to address GBV in disasters? 3. How should National Societies and other local actors address GBV in disasters, and what support do they need to fulfil their roles?
Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action: Reducing risk, promoting resilience and aiding recovery
This document provides practical guidance and effective tools for humanitarians and communities to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate actions for the prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence throughout all stages of humanitarian response, from preparedness to recovery.
What Works in Addressing Violence against Women and Girls: Lessons Learned from Typhoon Haiyan
This document summarises the recommendations and discussions from a workshop hosted by the Department for International Development (DFID) on 9 June 2014. The purpose of the workshop was to build consensus on what did and didn’t work to help prevent and respond to violence against women and girls in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan hit in November 2013.
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Ten steps to creating safe environments: How organisations and communities can prevent, mitigate and respond to interpersonal violence
Purpose This document is a resource for organisations and communities to help in the development, implementation and monitoring of concrete actions to prevent, reduce, mitigate and respond to interpersonal violence—physical, sexual, emotional and neglect. Overview The ten steps are: 1. Understand…
Predictable, Preventable: Best Practices for Addressing Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence during and after Disasters
This advocacy report encourages making the prevention of interpersonal and self-directed violence a priority within the International Federation’s response to disasters. It highlights why and how interpersonal and self-directed violence during and after disasters is a predictable and preventable problem and the actions the International Federation and its partner agencies should take to have a more engaged role in addressing them.
Rapid Assessment Guide for Psychosocial Support and Violence Prevention in Emergencies and Recovery
This guide provides standards and directions on how to carry out rapid needs assessment for Psychosocial Support (PSS) and Violence Prevention (VP) initiatives including child protection and sexual and gender-based violence.
In particular, this rapid assessment tool is designed to help gather data in an efficient and effective way to help inform integration of PSS and VP issues, as minimum standards, into the broader disaster management action plans in response to an emergency.
Audio visual: Ten steps to creating safe environments for children and youth
Purpose This video provides an overview of the Canadian Red Cross Tool ’ Ten steps to creating safe environments for children and youth’ Overview The ten steps are: Be aware: Understanding abuse, violence, bullying, and harassment. Look all ways: recognising…
Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (PSEA) Emergency Programme Checklist and Quick Reminder
The Programme Checklist assists in thinking about the risk of sexual abuse and exploitation should be used during the response design phase, with programme managers, to reflect on the levels of risk of sexual abuse and exploitation for the response, and approaches for mitigating this. While the reminder aims to minimise harms linked to Red Cross presence through prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Preventing Violence against Women and Girls through Male Engagement: Exploring a National Evaluation Framework
In October 2013, White Ribbon began coordinating a National Community of Practice composed of organisations with projects funded by Status of Women Canada’s ‘Working Together: Engaging Communities To End Violence Against Women And Girls’. The Community of Practice focused on sharing lessons learned, challenges and enabling factors in engaging men and boys to help prevent gender-based violence.
One of the three main activities was the development of a National Evaluation Framework (NEF) to identify shared results across programmes and provide an evaluation resource tool for others in the gender-based violence prevention sector.
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Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-Based Violence Programming in Humanitarian Settings – A Toolkit for GBV Practitioners
Purpose The toolkit contains 12 tools designed to support gender-based violence (GBV) staff to build disability inclusion into their work, and to strengthen the capacity of GBV practitioners to use a survivor-centred approach when providing services to survivors with disabilities.…
“I see that it is Possible” Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-Based Violence Programming in Humanitarian Settings
Purpose This report documents the key findings and lessons learned from a project the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) conducted to identify the barriers that people with disabilities face in accessing programmes and services designed…
Toolkit on Eliminating Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities In Fiji
This toolkit seeks to: raise awareness on violence against women using a human rights-based approach, increase understanding of the barriers faced by women and girls with disabilities that experience violence, and show people how they can assist in the elimination of violence against women.
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