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Gender and Disaster Management

Rofaida
April 27, 2016

This briefing paper looks at the importance of gender within Red Cross disaster management and offers some suggestions about how Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies might integrate gender into programs and strategies. This paper can be used as a tool during gender training, as an information sheet for staff and volunteers, at the governance level, and as part of education or advocacy activities within a Society. 

Australian Red Cross

Online Report
http://www.redcross.org.au/files/2011_Gender_and_disaster_management_fact_sheet.pdf

Topics

Women and Gender in Disaster Management

Country

Asia Pacific, Australia

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