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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)

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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). Preparedness. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Gender Entry Points  in Preparedness GenCap collaboration with the Pacific  Humanitarian Team

Gender Entry Points in Preparedness

GenCap collaboration with thePacific Humanitarian Team

Linda PennellsIASC GenCap Adviser – Pacific

GenCap Technical Workshop (Geneva 15-02-2012)

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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

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Adapted from: DRR & CCA in the Pacific: An Institutional and Policy Analysis, UNISDR, UNDP, GFDRR (2011)

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Preparedness InterfaceCCA – DRR - DM

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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

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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

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Pacific Humanitarian TeamClusters

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GenCap strategy• Engage PHT and clusters• Enrich inter-cluster coordination processes• Establish sustainable gender support to PHT

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Engaging PHT and clusters• Gender analysis during and after disasters to

inform preparedness• Preparedness tools• TA to humanitarian partners

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Enriching Inter-cluster Coordination

• Robust gender dimensions in the key annual Pacific DRM workshop

• Capacity building• Simulations• IM –communications-advocacy• OCHA planning processes

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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

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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

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Thank you.