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Introduction Asia and the Pacific is the most vulnerable region in the world to disaster impacts, complicated by numerous complex emergencies and protracted humanitarian crises. Over the past decade,...

Introduction The impacts of natural disasters and complex emergencies are disproportionally felt by people with disabilities, who are among “the most socially excluded groups in any displaced or...

Introduction Disasters and crises impact women, girls, men, boys, and persons of diverse gender identities differently, with women and girls often bearing the brunt of the impact due to pre-existing...

This brochure is the sixth compilation of good practices on integrating gender into humanitarian action in the Asia-Pacific region, developed on behalf of the Regional Network Working Group on Gender...

Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Action Gender inequalities constrain the influence and control that women and girls have over their own lives. Disasters and crises tend to exacerbate pre-existing...

Mainstreaming Gender Equality into Humanitarian Action In May 2016, the World Humanitarian Summit convened a High-Level Leaders’ Roundtable “Women and Girls: Catalyzing Action to Achieve Gender...

This publication offers concrete examples and gender perspectives that can be successfully included in interventions before, during and after disasters. Although natural disasters do not...

Statistics show that women are disproportionately negatively affected by disasters. As an example, the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in...