Gender mainstreaming is a concept that most find easy to agree with, but fewer consistently do well. The same can be said of disaster risk reduction. When these two issues are brought together in efforts to mainstream gender into disaster risk reduction, governments and practitioners have found a gap in policy and practical guidance. They know why they should do it, but not always how. This is not because the task is inherently difficult; rather, there is not enough precedent guidance and practical understanding.
To respond to this, UNISDR has stepped up its efforts in support of mainstreaming gender perspectives into disaster risk reduction since 2006. This publication is the result of extensive consultations and a response to the call for clear policy and practical guidance for mainstreaming gender perspectives into disaster risk reduction.
The process included an initial review of government reports and reports from major conferences on gender and disaster management or reduction since 2002, organization of two consultative meetings with experts in 2007 and 2008; introduction of the issue to national governments at the first Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2007, and further and wider discussion of gender and disaster risk reduction at the Third International Congress of Women in Politics on Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction in October 2008, and the International Conference on Gender and Disaster risk reduction in April 2009.
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