Gender-Responsiveness and Disaster Resilience during the COVID-19 Crisis

ParlAmericas Podcast

This episode features presentations that explore how to incorporate a gender perspective in prevention, response, and recovery measures to build national resilience and ensure that the differentiated needs of the population are met. The session is moderated by Dr. Gale Rigobert, Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development of Saint Lucia.

Ms. Angie Dazé, Associate of the Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation division of IISD, stresses the importance of understanding that people experience the impacts of disasters and climate change in different ways depending on their daily activities, family/community roles and socially determined factors. Ms. Kyana Bowen, Programme Officer - Humanitarian, Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Resilience from the UN Women Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean, presents on the gender equality issues in disaster and crisis situations and how regions can transform their preparedness and responsiveness in recovery to effectively address the identified inequalities. Ms. Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director (ag) of CDEMA, presents on the different types of hazards, the challenges of addressing a multi-hazard context, and provides recommendations to overcome these trials with a gender lens. Finally, Mr. Massimiliano Tozzi, EnGenDER Project Manager for UNDP, shares the work being implemented through the EnGenDER project in the Caribbean.

These presentations were recorded during the virtual meeting Gender-Responsiveness and Disaster Resilience during the COVID-19 Crisis, which was held on July 22, 2020.