Ha Noi Recommendations for Action on Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction
Purpose:
The Regional Asia-Pacific Conference on Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction held 16-18 May 2016 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, concluded with the recommendations for actions which are aligned with the Sendai Framework’s four Priorities for Action. Each recommendation articulates how the actions will be operationalised. Furthermore, throughout the implementation of all of these processes there is need to consider horizontal and vertical accountability, monitoring and adequate allocation of resources. There is also need to ensure recognition is also made of diversity within women and girls (age, disability, ethnicity, migrant status, socio-economic status, sexual orientation and gender identity).
Overview:
The drafting of the recommendations took into account the complexities that the region is facing in addressing disaster risks including the impacts of climate change, increasing inequalities between regions and between population groups – disability, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, among others. Also considered was the opportunities provided by the new context to address gender responsive DRR with new normative provisions. Gender equality is recognized in all post-2015 frameworks: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Sendai Framework and the Paris Agreement. For the first time, these global frameworks speak to each other, with resilience being central to all. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is also developing a General Recommendation on DRR and Climate Change that will elaborate the state obligations to promote and protect the rights of women and girls in the context of disasters and climate change.
See also: Vietnamese version [pdf, 0.54 MB]
Asia Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Purpose:
The Asia Regional Plan seeks to guide and support the national implementation of the Sendai Framework, but is not a replacement of national plans. It does so by identifying priorities at regional activities to support national and local actions, enhance exchange of good practice, knowledge and information among governments and stakeholders, in addition to strengthening regional cooperation to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework.
This regional plan aims to provide:
- Broad policy direction to guide the implementation of the Sendai Framework in the context of the 2030 sustainable development agendas in the region;
- Long term road map, spanning the 15-year horizon of the Sendai Framework outlining a chronological pathway for implementation of priorities to achieve seven global targets;
- Two-year action plan with specific activities that are prioritized based on the long term road map and in line with the policy direction.
This regional plan is one of the main outcome documents of the AMCDRR in November 2016 in New Delhi, India.
Overview:
The regional plan details, among which,:
- The policy direction for implementation of the Sendai Framework in Asia at the regional, national and local levels: (i) Coherence and integration (ii) Guiding principles and (iii) Enabling environment.
- The Road Map for implementation of the Sendai Framework in Asia, with the key milestones by 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2030.
- Two-year Action plan (2017-2018) through regional, national and local level actions
- Implementation and monitoring of the Asia Regional Plan
Usage: Policy reference
Audience: National Society leaders and disaster risk management managers.
Implementing the Sendai Framework to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Purpose:
This publication explores the inter-linkages between the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It describes every SDG and its contribution to preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk, and strengthening resilience.
Overview:
The document discusses:
- How the Sendai Framework contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals
- How the Sustainable Development Goals contribute to the Sendai Framework
Usage: Policy reference
Target: National Societies