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

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION