role of women in drr

8/18/2019 Role of Women in DRR

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"Women are more afected [by disasters] than menbecause they need to take care o the children, as well

as their garden and ood or the amily," said VDMCmember !ounta anta#ong$ "%lso they worry about thehealth o e#eryone in the amily$ &or them, this makes

the im'act more di(cult ater a disaster$)

"% determined woman can do e#erything a man cando," said Mary *ose, adding that her e+'erience

with Children nternational "


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-re#ention and Mitigation

• -artici'ate in the tree 'lanting ormangro#e rehabilitation

• Women leaders. decision makers must

suggest or the im'ro#ement o thesaety o housing and 'ublic buildings or

• Women be trained in building climate/

change resilient inra which wouldcontribute to both 'ersonal income andcommunity saety$


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-re'aredness

• %de0uacy o knowing 1 understanding the earlywarning systems

• &emale #olunteers 1 emale headed householdskilully trained in D** and emergency res'onse

trainings 2e$g$, swimming lessons in 3ood/'roneareas and 're'aration o go/bags in earth0uake/'rone areas, !asic 4ie 5u''ort and &irst %id6

)Women are the ones who bring the messages andknowledge to their amily, to their neighboursater the trainings, because women are moreacti#e than men in terms o networking in theircommunities$7


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-re'aredness

• 4ead the D** education to childrenthrough 8C materials9 'osters andacti#ity books$

• 8ngage women:s grou's as staf,consultants, and acilitators in D**trainings, worksho's and acti#ities$

)Women are also the main caregi#ers in the amilyand community$ When women learn newknowledge, they like to share it with others$ ;hatis why women #olunteers are #ery im'ortant orthis 'rogramme$7


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*es'onse

• 5u''ort in hygiene and sanitationmanagement

• %ssist in relie distribution and management• Mobili


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*eco#ery and *ehabilitation

• ;rain disaster/afected women to becoordinators o women:s s'aces and to linkthe s'aces with acti#ities identi=ed by

community women or their em'owerment• >ender sensiti#e acilities such as

#ocational schools or women and healthclinics

•

n/charge in sanitation acilities in order to'ut into consideration the 'ersonal needso women such as 'ersonal hygeine


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• Women:s organi


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• e0ual 'artici'ation o women andmen in reconstruction ?obs / 8nsurethat tem'orary shelters and

reconstructed houses are designed toaccommodate women:s needs or'ri#acy, sae water su''ly, and

sanitation acilities$


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• -ro#ide tools and child care and breast/eeding centers to acilitate women:s'artici'ation in ?obs$

• Cash/or/work and ood/or/work 'rograms

that does not add to women:s alreadye+'anded workloads

)Women ha#e in them as better educators, managers andin getting o#er ears$ % woman:s 'resence in a #illage

health committee or training course contributes towomen getting o#er their ears and disco#ering theirabilities as both educators and managers$ ;hese womenare then able to greatly assist in 'ro#iding guidance toothers7$ Secretary General, Solomon Islands Red Cross

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