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BACKGROUND:
Women 50% of population Under-aged boy and male
elderly 23% Disaster impacted women
differently Many studies, reports,
analysis recommend gender to be integrated into disaster management,
but not yet Why
The Study To identify gender
integration into disaster management: Review of Policy
Documents Field study
Study was conducted in Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines in 2008
Earth Quake, Vulcano, Typhoon and tsunami areas
Result- Gender has not been or very limitedly
integrated or considered in disaster management.
- Policy documents did not nor clearly stipulated gender
- Reason: Lacking of knowledge on gender issues among policy makers, managers and operations officers
and do not know how to integrate gender NO DATA DISAGGREGATED BY SEX, AGE
AND VULNERABILITY, no sufficient Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment
Identified issues:Emergency phase:- Pregnant and lactating
mothers- Babies elderly and
disabled- No Baby food, milk,
clothing- Reproductive health- Unsafe shelter- Sexual harassment and
violence- Ignored rights due to
adminstrative mechanism
Rehab and reconstruction: Rights to possession of
asset and land Previous livelihood
ignored Emergence of social class Exclusion from decision
making
Preparedness and mitigation:
Exclusion from capacity bulding
Least exposed to information STRENGTH: CAPACITY TO BUILD
NETWORK, EDUCATION, INFORMATION CHANNEL, IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES AND NEEDS, LOCAL WISDOM
Elderly and children
Adult females
Female youngsters
Male youngster
Adult males
Note : the center is the core of information delivery, to the edge, less information received
RECOMMENDATION:- BUILDING AWARENESS ON GENDER IN
DISASTER- BUILDING CAPACITY TO INTEGRATE
GENDER- CONSUL THE COMMUNITY IN POLICY
FORMULATION- MAKE AVAILABLE DATA BY SEX, AGE,
VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY- INTEGRATE GENDER INTO ALL PHASES OF
DISASTER MANAGEMENT AT ALL LEVEL