Gender Entry Points in Preparedness GenCap collaboration with the Pacific Humanitarian Team Linda Pennells IASC GenCap Adviser – Pacific GenCap Technical Workshop (Geneva 15-02-2012)
Dec 29, 2015
Gender Entry Points in Preparedness
GenCap collaboration with thePacific Humanitarian Team
Linda PennellsIASC GenCap Adviser – Pacific
GenCap Technical Workshop (Geneva 15-02-2012)
The knowledge and capacities development by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events of conditions.
Preparedness
Adapted from: DRR & CCA in the Pacific: An Institutional and Policy Analysis, UNISDR, UNDP, GFDRR (2011)
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Preparedness InterfaceCCA – DRR - DM
Glimpse of Pacific RealityPreparedness is critical: response challenging • 14 island countries/territories• small populations – big distance • “death by teleconference” – scattered responders• “Catch 22” – loyal, sometimes spendthrift, donors• disasters shock micro economies - 70% subsistence• limited government & civil infrastructure• frequent hazards: flood, cyclone, king tide, volcano,
earthquake, tsunami • emerging hazards: sea rise, saltwater incursion
Gender Challenges• High levels – GBV• High migration for work – family separation• Barriers for women: land, credit & employment• Women & men active in community preparedness but women absent
in national and sub-national level DRM processes
Pacific Humanitarian TeamClusters
GenCap strategy• Engage PHT and clusters• Enrich inter-cluster coordination processes• Establish sustainable gender support to PHT
Engaging PHT and clusters• Gender analysis during and after disasters to
inform preparedness• Preparedness tools• TA to humanitarian partners
Enriching Inter-cluster Coordination
• Robust gender dimensions in the key annual Pacific DRM workshop
• Capacity building• Simulations• IM –communications-advocacy• OCHA planning processes
Sustainable Support to PHT• Agree agencies responsible to implement the IASC
Gender Strategy: UN Women, UNFPA, RCO• Revise UN Gender Group TOR - addition of
humanitarian action as core responsibility• Create a Gender Surge Roster• Support UN Women to build humanitarian
capacity• Ensure the PHT continues to have senior gender
technical support – the three pillar approach
Capacity Building UN Women • 7-day humanitarian training – UN Women Focus: gender equality beyond women’s
empowerment• Collaborative field analysis – IFRC /UN Women• Humanitarian links: work plan/links/co-hostingUN Gender Group• Presentations and training• Initial Gender Surge leadership/guidance
Thank you.