Purpose This guidance note provides an overview of gender and diversity issues and practicalities to be considered when designing water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programmes. The note contains case studies from Mozambique, Pakistan and Somalia. Overview Women, girls, boys, men,…
Purpose This video illustrates the importance of men/boys assisting in water and sanitation activities. Overview The involvement of men/boys in these activities creates a good relationship between the men, their children and the women. It also creates some free time…
Purpose This video looks at the impact HIV/AIDS has on older people. Overview Most HIV campaigns tend to focus on the young, neglecting older people. The video illustrates the stories of two people in Zimbabwe suffering from the disease and…
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…
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…
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).
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.
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.…
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.
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…