Duryog Nivaran coordinates the Gender Stakeholder Group (GSG) and consultations in Asia Pacific on 'Women as a Force of Resilience Building, Gender Equity' Contributing to the Key Area 4 of Hyogo Framework for Action

The main steps in the research process 1 Presenting the Scoping note to the Ex-Com and Development Partner Support Group 2 Establishment of background study team(Technical Session leads, stakeholder groups and interested IAP members) 3 Develop and submit a detailed research plan 4 Conducting the studies and collecting contributions 5 1st draft of the report (an editorial meeting will be required at this time) 6 2nd draft of the report submitted 7 Final peer-reviewed/ edited report (Final editorial meeting will be required) 8 Final report edited and printed

Bottom up data collection process

Data collection process. Regional literature survey Case study competition Reports form the governments Reports written on women/gender and development Academic publications Websites on women and development Literature associated with Climate Change and MGS/SDG was also consulted to bring in examples. Case study competition was healed to encourage much participation in providing inputs. (All case studies will be available in DN website in due course.) Several countries have provided inputs to Key Area 4. A questionnaire was specifically made to obtain information form the respective governments.

Key findings of literature survey Review of literature on women and development for women and DRR paper (1).doc Women are active contributors to economy and development. Make immense contributions to wellbeing of family and community. They are care givers, providers and contribute to family economy. Women are good in managing relations with clients. They bring personal touch to business and use social networks better to improve livelihood activities. Women play a significant role in livelihood activities as well as both formal and informal sector work, therefore are direct contributors to the economy. Significance and value of their contribution often goes unrecorded They manage home and make contribution to community affairs during conflicts and disasters.. The policies and actions in development is when directed to build women’s resilience, enhance their capabilities and capacities, actions taken are mostly, providing financial and infrastructure and care facilities, training, advocacy, skill development, some times even better access to market, providing legal and professional advice, access to service centers, and technology such as ICT etc. Ensuring women’s participation by enforcing quotas in training, awareness raising and other activities is a popular appraoch

Case Study Competition. Majority of cases received were from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Only four received from the pacific region. Not sufficient good practice form East Asia region

Key findings of the case study competition. cases (1).doc Cases mostly on women’s participation at the ground level DRR/DM and confirm women playing important roles at community level. Most cases are related to natural disasters. Only a few about issues such as urban waste management, knowledge, climate change etc. Projects at community level have strong tendency ensure women’s participation ; recognise women’s role as caregivers, service providers and managers of household affairs Examples of – Involvement at all levels of project (consultation, planning, implementation) – active participation in decision making at the grass root level – strategies to identify entry points to move up in decision making ladder. some cases and they involve in building and reconstruction work that normally recognise as ‘men’s work’. Case on Bua clearly demonstrates that women possess wealth of knowledge on climate and their surroundings, which can use in procedures of DRR and mitigation.

Key findings of the case study competition. The cases provide good examples of women’s skill development in search/rescue/first aid contributing to their life saving skills. Women’s ability to mobilise communities Institutional support from government sand donors enhance capacity and skills of women’s leadership and empowerment Socio/cultural factors continue to constrain women’s participation, and few women have become role models and deal with and challenge some of these constraints.

Gaps and challenges women’s involvement largely during consultation, and not much light is shed on whether and how women at grassroots consulting with key actors Women, when they participated in decision making have been able to influence making structural changes/moving towards more equitable structure does not clearly emerge Since E&M processes are inadequate to measure success, it is difficult to make inferences on lessons on promoting women as accepted actors and leaders inadequate documentation on women’s activities and availability of gender segregated data contributing to women being invisible actors

Government Reporting. Government (2) details.docx The governments that expressed their interest to contribute to the study were Afghanistan, India, Pacific, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka. Some countries have already submitted the reports whereas some other countries have requested for some more time.

Key findings from the government reports show a high level interest in committing to address women’s issues and needs in DRR and mitigation. State adopted policies on women and gender has had a significant impact upon other key actors taking measures to include gender and women into their program planning and implementation. Cooperation between state and civil society actors brings better results except by a few countries

Gaps and challenges Government Lack of collecting gender segregated data and having good practice documented Weakness in implementation and M& E

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