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 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.…
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…
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…
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.
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 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…
Purpose This note looks at the importance of gender in disaster risk communication. It provides a brief overview of Save the Children’s gender-targeted communication strategy in two Cuban communities. Overview Disaster risk communication and warnings miss the mark if overly-general…
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…
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…