LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT & AID: a critical review · Acting as one- NARRI • Consortium of 10 INGOs working for resilience in Bangladesh since 2010 • UNISDR Sasakawa Award for NARRI

WOMENLEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT & AID:a critical review

Farah Kabir

civil society orgs taking socio-political

and humanitarian actions

collaboration to address common

challenges

the new version of

humanitarian action

more innovative, flexible and responsive

WORKINGTOGETHER

START Network

• Working since 2010 this consortium works in 3 areas:

• Start Fund- financing for emergency response

• Start Build- Strengthening civil society capacity

• Start Beta- creating platforms for partnerships and learning

• START was a pilot supported by UK DfID and deemed as a success

of the transition, from MDGs to

SDGs , existing dev. models to green

pathways without full understanding of the implication

for women

of climate change and mis-governance

structural causes that disadvantage

women , lack in adequate

measures to address them resources dwindling,

quality falling and becoming inaccessible

stresses & tensions around human-rights are rising

WE ARECONCERNED

2000Mozambique

flood2003

Europeanheat wave

2004Indian oceanearthquake

2005Hurricane

Katrina

2005Pakistan

earthquake

2008Afghanistan

blizzard

2008CycloneNargis

2010Haiti

earthquake

2011New Zealandearthquake

2011Tohoku

Earthquake& tsunami

2011Gujarat

earthquake

2011East Africa

drought

12/25 DISASTERSSINCE 2000

projects

• 3,221 projects planned and 1629 funded

orgs

• 623 participating humanitarian organisations

funds

• $5.5 billion raised through inter-agency appeals

HUMANITARIANASSISTANCE 2012

DISASTERSIN 2013

$1spent in

DRR

$7saved from

disaster

World Bank

states

13.5bint’l

financing on DRR

14bfunding

from ECHO for

emergencies

MAKING ENOUGHINVESTMENTS?

f m50% 50%

IMPLICATIONSFOR WOMEN

95% in developingcountries

5% deaths bydisasters

women and childrenx14 more likely than mento die during disaster

During hurricane Katrina, most victims

trapped in New Orleans were women

and children

GENDER Differences and

EQUALITY

90%were

women

10%

140 thousand died in

1991 cyclonein Bangladesh

men

women

constructed ?

inherent ?

perpetuated

framed

imposed

socially constructed

identity

gender stereotypes

WOMEN’sVULNERABILITY

giving birth100%

of the global reproductive force

giving caremajority

carry out household chores and unpaid care-work

producing food43%

of agri-labour producing +50% of global food

WOMEN’SCONTRIBUTION

SOCIALDETERMINANTS

gender-sensitive business

environment

labor policies access to finance

comparative levels of education and

training

countries with more

Are likely to have

abundantnutritiousaffordable

food

FACTS FOREVIDENCE: 1

with greater gender equality

farmers in countries

achieve higher-average

cerealyields

FACTS FOREVIDENCE: 2

HOW STRONGARE MGDs

MGDs

investment in DRR is missing

gender not mainstreamed

into goal statements goals 3 and 5 have

limitations for targeting gender

inequality

can SDGs fix the

problem?

FOR SDGs, WENEED TO ADDRESS

SDGs

structural causes of gender discrimination

distribution of capabilities

and opportunities

impediments of decision-making power

to materializetransformative

SDGs for women empowerment

HOW SHOULDWE ACT ALONG

investing in women’s agency building to address vulnerabilities

inclusive and transformative DRR and humanitarian response

investment in DRR & CC induced disasters & emergencies to protect development achievements

pathway to women

leadership

WHY WOMENLEADERSHIP worst

affected

the first responders

lead our work with men

challenge unequal power

lead disaster response

CycloneMahasen in

May 16,2013

Potuakhali

despite adverse reactionfrom vested quarters, community women led emergency response

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CASE: WOMENLEADERSHIP

> selecting programme participants

> Lead in procurement

> supervising inreconstruction work

Acting as one- NARRI

• Consortium of 10 INGOs working for resilience in Bangladesh since 2010

• UNISDR Sasakawa Award for NARRI in 2013

• UNFCCC Momentum of Change Light House Award for “Women for Results” in 2013

• Financing Local Adaptation: Ensuring Access for the Climate Vulnerable in

Bangladesh

• Moving Towards Transformed Resilience: Assessing community-based

adaptation in Bangladesh

• Displacement and Migration from Climate Hotspots in Bangladesh -

Causes and Consequences

http://www.actionaid.org/bangladesh/publications/

• Understanding climate change from below, addressing barriers from above

http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php

?id=17233

National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives

http://www.narri-bd.org/

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