Gender responsive disaster risk management

In 2020 UNICEF and IFRC initiated a study to explore the extent of integration of gender considerations, including gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation, prevention and response considerations, in national and regional disaster risk management (DRM) legal and policy frameworks in Eastern and Southern Africa. This study aims to contribute to regional knowledge sharing on the extent of integration of gender, including GBV risk mitigation, prevention and response, into DRM frameworks and what challenges, facilitators, opportunities and recommendations have been identified from these efforts. The study found that the extent of integration of gender considerations, including those related to GBV risk mitigation, prevention and response, varies considerably across the range of DRM legal and policy documents within the DRM frameworks.