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/
PUBLICATIONS on DRR, CCA, Resilience