Here are the quotes from the participants of Regional Gender and Diversity Training of Trainers organized on 5-8 October 2015 in Bangkok
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“Use DRR as the entry point to promote the integration or mainstream of gender and diversity sensitization. The gender and diversity mainstreaming requires a lot of commitment and work from National Societies, particularly from the management level.”
“The minimum standard commitments to gender and diversity in emergency programming is to ensure that gender and diversity is mainstreamed. It is great to have the checklist in CBDRR, and I will be using the minimum standards in developing CBDRR in Pacific, and at the moment, we are piloting it in Fiji.” “The field trip went very well. The community was there. The presentation from Thai Red Cross gave a very good overview. The simulation exercise was very good, highlighting the roles of individuals and diversity is respected. It is great to see women having very active roles, such as organizing the emergency kitchen in the evacuation center, thus engaging them in their own cultural context.” Lesu Waqaniburotu, DRR Manager, IFRC Pacific Multi-Cluster Office ……………………………………………………….. |
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On why it is important to integrate gender and diversity in Thai Red Cross:
“Yes, when delivering assistance to vulnerable people, or in programs, you have to consider gender and diversity, as well as in the organization.” Chamnong Sangmahachai, Assistant Secretary General for Personnel – Thai Red Cross Society ……………………………………………………….. |
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“One would think that gender and diversity is about promoting sexual equality. This is not absolutely true. it is about enhancing the protection of those who are most vulnerable from among the community such as the elderlies and the handicaps. In other word, the beneficiaries.”
“The implementation of the concept of gender and diversity is not to be a one-off or done in an ad-hoc manner. It has to be integrated into the system on permanent basis. Hence, in our capacity as the auxiliary to the government, this message need to be disseminated to all and not just among us internally.” Saiful Izan Bin Nordin, International Humanitarian Law, Legal and International Relations Manager, Malaysian Red Crescent Society ……………………………………………………….. |
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“My main expectation is on building skills on facilitation of gender and diversity, and violence prevention training. Usual training involves a lot of discussion and debates and plenary sessions, which waste a lot of time. It is important to be able to choose the right methodologies, which would engage more the participants in a better way, that they could contribute and share experiences.” Nita Ryarti, Country Program Coordinator, Canadian Red Cross (Indonesia) ……………………………………………………….. |
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“I appreciate the training on facilitation, and on how we can deliver it, avoiding ‘death by power points.”
“I look forward to the field trip, it would be great to see the real thing, and it’s a great way to retain the take away messages on what is being delivered and transferred in the training” Michelle Yeo, Country Support Officer (Mongolia, DPRK, Timor-Leste and China), British Red Cross (Malaysia) ……………………………………………………….. |
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“As we work with women and children in communities, we have an important opportunity to address gender-based violence issues. We can do this through our health and disaster management programmes, as well as through our volunteer networks to raise awareness.”
Mom Chanthy, Deputy Director of Health Department, Cambodian Red Cross ……………………………………………………….. |
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“I used to work as a trainer in our local chapter. But when I came to this training, I saw that the training delivery was very good and very well-planned.”
“Following our Fundamental Principles, we need to ensure that all target groups’ needs are met, that gender and diversity cover and meet the needs in different programmes as it is a cross-cutting issue.” “IFRC approach on gender and diversity is very comprehensive as a cross-cutting issue in every sector.” “For next year, more colleagues from Viet Nam Red Cross should join such training so that we could share the same understanding.”
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