This sub-project was approved by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA) on 01 January 2018 and will continue till December 2022.

Output of NRP DWA Part:

• Enhanced women’s leadership capacities for, gender-responsive disaster management decisions, investments and policies at national and local levels

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Result Areas

• Strengthened capacity of disaster management professionals and institutions for gender-responsive disaster risk reduction policies and actions (Joint Initiatives)
• Capacitated disaster management committee (DMC) members, especially the women members, and disaster volunteers (cyclone and flood preparedness programmes) to become agents of gender equality and gender responsiveness in disaster risk reduction enabling them to take leadership roles. (Joint Initiatives)
• Strengthening capacity of Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MoWCA) to effectively engage at national, regional and international level promoting gender responsive resilience (GRR).
• Strengthened capacity of Humanitarian Clusters including GoB to decrease GBV during and post disaster through training and building awareness.
• Promote gender-responsive resilience through the media (television, radio, community radio and social media)
• Resilient and empowering livelihoods for women living in areas of highest risk of climate change impacts. (Joint Initiatives)

Key Achievement

• Prepared Protocol and guideline for Sex, Age and Disability Disaggregated Data (SADDD)with BBS and Gender Marker Toolkit for Infrastructure [Joint Initiative]
• Facilitated the localization of humanitarian action through local women led CSOs and Enhanced Media sensitization on Gender Responsive Resilience.