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

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

FromParlAmericas Podcast


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

FromParlAmericas Podcast

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.
Released:
Aug 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

ParlAmericas is the inter-parliamentary institution that promotes parliamentary diplomacy in the inter-American system. Convening the national legislatures from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, ParlAmericas works to strengthen democratic governance in the hemisphere by enhancing the ability of legislators to fulfill their roles and responsibilities through exchanges of parliamentary best practices and by promoting cooperative political dialogue on regional issues. The ParlAmericas Podcast is compiled from sessions recorded from different ParlAmericas activities delivered on-location across the hemisphere. For more information about ParlAmericas visit www.parlamericas.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @parlamericas ........................... ParlAmericas es la institución interparlamentaria que promueve la diplomacia parlamentaria en el sistema interamericano. Convoca a las legislaturas nacionales de Norte, Centro y Sur América y el Caribe, ParlAmericas trabaja para fortalecer la gobernanza democrática en el hemisferio amplificando la capacidad de los legisladores para cumplir con sus funciones y responsabilidades mediante intercambios de buenas prácticas legislativas y promoviendo un dialogo político cooperativo sobre problemáticas regionales. El podcast de ParlAmericas se ha compilado a partir de sesiones grabadas de las diferentes actividades de ParlAmericas realizadas localmente alrededor de todo el hemisferio. Para obtener más información acerca de ParlAmericas, visite www.parlamericas.org o síganos en Facebook y Twitter @parlamericas