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Inclusive Preparedness: Gender Equality and Inclusion in DRM

By Knowledge Network – Staff member

Join us for a Knowledge Series event exploring Gender Equality and Inclusion in Disaster Risk Management.

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Key information

Date(s)
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Location
Brussels, Belgium
Attendance type
Hybrid
Organiser
Pricing
Free
Attendance model
Open

Description

As part of the UCPM Knowledge Series, the EU CP Knowledge Network would like to invite you to a session on Inclusive Preparedness: Gender Equality and Inclusion in Disaster Risk Management – Lesson learned from Europe. 

Disasters are not gender neutral. Gender inequalities caused by socioeconomic conditions, cultural beliefs, and traditional practices, are behind a disproportional impact of disasters between women and girls, and men and boys. Understanding different gender roles, responsibilities, needs, and capacities are critical to identify, reduce, prepare, and respond to disaster and to establish more effective disaster risk management policies.

Did you know that around 15% of the world's population lives with some form of disability? This percentage is likely to increase in emergency situations. Vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, are among the most vulnerable and exposed in emergencies, yet they are often excluded from decision-making processes. There is a growing need to adopt a whole-of-society approach to strengthen resilience and preparedness of all our citizens for future emergencies.

Indicative Agenda
  • Intro (Gaetano Vivo, Deputy Head of Unit, DG ECHO.B3, Prevention and Preparedness Capacity Building)
    • Examples of how the UCPM is integrating inclusion in prevention and preparedness (Anna Battistutta, DG ECHO.B2, Civil Protection Policy)
    • World Bank / Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) : Experience in mainstreaming inclusive resilience (Cristina Otano, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank) 
    • Q&A
  • Looking at projects
    • Romania -  Technical Assistance Financing Facility (TAFF) project: gender-inclusion guidelines 
    • SEE-ME - UCPM-funded project in Croatia to develop guidelines for integrating inclusion in disaster preparedness/response
    • European Disability Forum – good practices in the field of disaster preparedness/prevention in EU (Gordon Rattray, Programme Coordinator)
    • Q&A 
  • Forward looking policy recommendations and opportunities for the UCPM (Hans-Ulrich Goessl, Head of Unit, DG ECHO.B2, Civil Protection Policy)
Knowledge Page

The recording of the session is available here for a limited duration.

The presentations can be found below. If you would like to read more about inclusion under the UCPM, visit the UCP Knowledge Network page on Equality. A summary of the previous Knowledge Series events is here.

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