Women lead preparedness for and response to natural disasters (FPI GIR Outcome 4)
The focus will be to build the capacity of and support Pacific women so that they can lead preparedness for, and respond to, natural disasters. It will entail the strengthening of the capacity of gender machineries, CSOs and service providers to lead and contribute to humanitarian preparedness and response, and especially by ensuring that it is gender-responsive and inclusive.
Women lead preparedness for and response to natural disasters (FPI GIR Outcome 4)
Data reported for 2022 results against this indicator was obtained as part of a learning process on social norms and therefore may not accurately reflect the results obtained. Internal reviews of data collected on social norms across relevant indicators, coupled with external reviews, are informing the design of UN Women’s principled approach to social & gender norms change. This will be reflected in changes to the indicators to be introduced in the Mid-Term Review of the Strategic Plan.
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
ComplementaryGender machineries, CSOs and service providers have strengthened capacity to lead and contribute to humanitarian preparedness and response (modified FPI LEAP Output 1.2)
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
More countries, regional initiatives and UN agencies use prevention, preparedness and recovery systems, plans, strategies and tools, which are gender-responsive
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
More women and girls in WRD communities can withstand natural hazards, COVID-19 and climate change, recover from disasters and increase their resilience to future crises
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
WRD Programme Management
Data reported for 2022 results against this indicator was obtained as part of a learning process on social norms and therefore may not accurately reflect the results obtained. Internal reviews of data collected on social norms across relevant indicators, coupled with external reviews, are informing the design of UN Women’s principled approach to social & gender norms change. This will be reflected in changes to the indicators to be introduced in the Mid-Term Review of the Strategic Plan.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Women lead preparedness for and response to natural disasters (FPI GIR Outcome 4)
Training events were undertaken to build the capacity of women to lead the preparedness for and response to natural disasters in Solomons Islands, Fiji, and Vanuatu. The following are the results of work undertaken by UN Women through support from the Women, Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) and under the Gender Inequality of Risk (GIR) Project. · In the Solomon Islands, 25 participants (14 women, 11 men) from rural communities attended the Gender and Humanitarian Action (GiHA) workshop in Auki, in the province of Malaita. These local actors were from provincial gender machinery, women-led CSOs, and service providers. The localization of the training experience was made in recognition of the leadership and decision-making capacities of local women and men from the island of Malaita in humanitarian and disaster response. These local actors have increased their knowledge and skills in gendered humanitarian response. In several instances, the participants have further built the capacity of staff within their organisations. These participants have also mobilised to become voices of advocacy for women's participation in DRR and humanitarian action in Malaita Province at various local level meetings, including at the village level. · Also in the Solomon Islands, UN Women supported the participation of 63 participants (51 women and 12 men) from gender machinery, women-led CSOs, and services providers at the National Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Forum in the capital city Honiara in June 2021. These participants included the Isabel Provincial Council of Women, Malaita Provincial Council of Women, Vois Blo Mere, and Solomon Islands National Council of Women. One of the immediate results seen was the ability of these groups to quickly mobilise and organise themselves to respond to the Honiara 2021 riots which saw extensive damage to the capital city centre. · Local level disaster responders in the Provincial Disaster Operations Committees (PDOC) of Makira and Isobel Provinces have increased their capacity to mainstream gender and gender-based violence in emergencies (GBViE) in their preparedness and response work through consistent training by the National Protection Committee (NPC) of the Ministry of Women in the Solomon Islands in 2021. The NPC has also finalized the gender-responsive Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for COVID-19 for the two Provincial Disaster Operations Committees (PDOC). · In Fiji, Medical Services Pacific (MSP) was supported to increase the visibility and availability of their work during the COVID-19 outbreak. The results were the continuation of women’s access to family planning services despite the restrictions brought about by the lockdowns. A follow-up training for 18 MSP staff (14 women) from throughout Fiji on GBViE highlighted the realities of the difficulties generated by the COVID-19 lockdowns in households where violence exists. The post-training evaluation carried out showed that knowledge increased consistently across the key training objectives. A deeper understanding of probable difficult home situations has resulted in changes in the way MSP responds to clients during tele-counselling, telehealth consultations, and the provision of essential GBV services. · In Fiji, the women-led FemLINKpacific Women’s Weather Watch (WWW) Project held its annual Regional WWW Learning Exchange. Ten women leaders from Fiji and 20 women leaders from Vanuatu gathered virtually at the event due to border restrictions. In the Fiji district, participants presented their preparedness priorities during a humanitarian crisis according to the seven human security pillars (Economic, Environmental, Food, Health, Political, Personal, and Community) and planned their preparedness needs for the next 5 years, such as women’s inclusiveness and participation at all levels, mobilisation of funds for emergency disasters, and expansion of community media. These priorities have been shared and highlighted in various forums. All 10 women leaders, including FemLINKpacific’s divisional rural convenors and correspondents, wear various hats from being Red Cross volunteers to heading the District Council of Social Services, to being an advisory Councilor or President of a women’s club – and thus are all front-liners in their communities. The learning exchange between Fiji and Vanuatu women leaders resulted in many of them now leading the response to the crisis in their communities and benefit from relief and response efforts. In Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Business Resilience Committee (VBRC) organised a GiHA workshop in December 2021 co-facilitated by the Vanuatu Department of Women and UN Women, and included VBRC staff and National Protection Committee members. The training led to an improved understanding of the gender and protection issues (child protection, gender-based violence, health to sexual reproductive health, and disability) that always emerge during a disaster. Most of the participants are now better informed on the different vulnerabilities of affected populations during and after disasters. Members of VBRC are now developing their business disaster preparedness plans.Disclaimer and notes
References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).