Transforming disaster reponse: Women-led solutions in Asia and the Pacific
A new report reveals that women continue to be overlooked in Asia Pacific government climate change plans and excluded from response to climate disasters.
Recommendations are as follows:
- Develop NDCs and NAPs that drive a coherent agenda for gender-responsive action across the climate-disaster nexus;
- Improve gender data collection and analysis for all climate change, DRR and disaster response activities;
- Support women's leadership and decision-making in climate change, DRR and disaster response planning and implementation;
- Increase funding for women-led and gender-responsive DRR, disaster response and climate action.
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