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Short Summary
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| Title |
Gender Equality and Humanitarian Assistance:
a guide to the issues |
| Author |
Woroniuk, B. |
| Publication
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April 2003 |
| Publisher |
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
| Donor |
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
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Short Summary |
Even in emergency situations, gender needs to
be taken into account by humanitarian assistance. Taking account of
gender increases the effectiveness of humanitarian assistance because
it allows for a better understanding of the crisis and more appropriate
responses which aim to meet the needs of both women and men. This
is because women and men are affected by crises in different ways.
Women may have lesser access to information or resources which means
they are less able to cope. Women may be more vulnerable to sexual
violence which is likely to increase in conflict or emergency situations.
Men may lose self esteem not being able to support their families
economically (even if they were not actually doing so before the crisis).
Humanitarian assistance must take account of the differences between
women and men, but can also challenge these differences. Humanitarian
disasters can be an opportunity for social change around gender if
women are enabled to participate in reconstruction and allowed decision
making power in this. This guide presents myths and realities of gender
mainstreaming in humanitarian assistance, questions to ask for reviewing
proposals and reports, and checklists for the specific sectors of
human rights, food and agriculture, water and sanitation, health,
education and economic recovery and reconstruction. |
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