More women and girls in West and Central Africa have equitable access to high quality public goods, services, and resources that are responsive to their needs in Peace, Security , Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) settings.
Women´s equitable access to services, goods and resources.
Number of national institutions with increased capacities on GIR
SP 5.15.1: Number of countries supported by UN-Women having undertaken gender-sensitive disaster risk assessments
SP 5.15.2: Number of countries supported by UN-Women with Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policy frameworks that address gender-specific disaster risks
SP 5.15.3: Number of countries supported by UN-Women with gender focal points in the national disaster platform, or its equivalent
Number of national institutions with increased capacities on GIR
Number of women accessing information, goods, resources and/or services through UNW supported platforms and programs in humanitarian and development settings (CO)
More women and girls in West and Central Africa have equitable access to high quality public goods, services, and resources that are responsive to their needs in Peace, Security , Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) settings.
As consequence of the capacity building initiative of Gender & DRR atelier carried out at regional level in Dakar (UN WOMEN Nov 2022), in which public institutions (gender and women ministry), Women Led Organisations and women organisation working in the sector, more women and girls, will be benefited from targeted gendered policies, risks preventions, action plans taking into consideration gender needs, the mainstreaming of gender and engagements made by these stake holders in their respective countries to improve access of women and girls to public and basis services. Practitioners on disaster risk reduction (DRR), disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change (CC) has been also aware about the need for gender-sensitive and inclusive DRR strategies and mechanisms in their countries and regions , including the global and regional frameworks (Sendai Framework, Africa Action Plan, ECOWAS Strategy for DRR and CCA). With the application of these national and regional frameworks at the institutional level, women and girls will have better or improved access to basic services and prevention mechanism on DRR, peace and security, and protection .Disclaimer and notes
References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).