Women’s Networks drive the demand for Pro-Poor Disaster Resilience AWID 2012

Stakeholders Community Based Organizations NGOs National Governments Multilateral Agencies Local Governments Focus on organized communities and their leadership in building resilience in partnership with institutional champions

HFA –Global Policy on DRR HFA 1 - Ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation HFA 2 - Identify, assess and monitor disaster risk and enhance early Warning HFA 3 - Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels HFA 4 - Reduce the underlying risk factors HFA 5 - Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels HFA –Global Policy on DRR

Firstly, grassroots women’s organizations with strong track records in advancing community development find themselves excluded and disconnected from national disaster risk reduction and recovery programs. Secondly, multilateral institutions report that they have inadequate knowledge and political commitment required to advance gender concerns in the field of resilience. Findings

Priority Mechanisms that Empower Women to Advance Community Resilience

HFA 1 Ongoing regional multi-stakeholder dialogue involving grassroots women’s organizations Government mandates and programs to engage women as problem solvers National/ city level agreements for government- grassroots collaborations Decentralized budget allocations in response to grassroots women’s priorities Local to Local dialogues

HFA 2 & 3 HFA 2 Community risk mapping as a tool for mobilizing, agenda setting and actions Mapping women’s access to resources and services HFA 3 Design public roles for women and set clear standards for engaging grassroots women’s organizations. Grassroots Women’s Academies on Resilience for learning, agenda-setting and advocacy

HFA 4 and 5 HFA 4 Community institutions for securing community assets Community Resilience Fund HFA 5 Gender balanced emergency response teams Women-managed spaces accelerate post- disaster recovery

Advancing pro-poor and gender equitable disaster risk reduction Grassroots Women mobilize their constituents to develop DRR solutions that are innovative and dynamic, and ensure that local authorities and civil society actors become partners in sustainable development.

1. Reverse the current design and planning of DRR programming and processes by building on grassroots accomplishments. 2. Support grassroots women-led demonstrations as learning laboratories for grassroots women, NGOs, local authorities and governments. 3. Incentivize government and local authority's engagement and scaling up with grassroots women’ organizations. 4. Set aside flexible resources for grassroots women-led initiatives. Recommendations

Grassroots tools and institutional mechanisms empower women to lead activities that transform their marginalization while reducing community vulnerabilities to disasters.

Making the Resilient Cities Campaign Work for the Poor in Indonesia 2009: Community Resilience Fund & Community Practitioners Platform 2010: Makassar mayor signed on to the ISDR Resilient Cities Campaign, KPRM initiated SIAGA SIAGA: City wide, pro-poor, multi- stakeholder alliance for disaster reduction Community risk mapping led by women to identify priorities. Model of a resilient kampung: land sharing agreement, ugrading settlements Negotiating municipality to improve basic services/infrastructure (to address dengue, lack of clean water) Awareness campaigns, mobilizing support for other disaster affected cities. Facebook to reach out to 200 youth on 10 point checklist Makassar Municipality Local disaster management agency, including local women formed in March Outcomes Preparedness and awareness stronger Increase of urban poor & women’s participation: KPRM is part of local poverty reduction agency – monitoring Recommendations Integration between poverty reduction and disaster management Model Resilient Communities to be replicated to make the city resilient. Coordinating body with KPRM / poor people’s organization at center

DAMPA: Planning for Long Term Resilience Community risk mapping to identify major vulnerabilities Community Pharmacies to ensure accessible, medicines Water cooperative for 300 families in partnership with Manila Water, municipality and Congressman Partnership with Social Welfare Dept: signed MOU to identify beneficiaries for conditional cash transfers. Utilizing 5% budget for disaster management to invest in equipment, tools National advocacy on implementing National Disaster Management Act Member of local committees for development and disaster management

Investing in Water and Sanitation to Reduce Vulnerabilities in Nepal Community Roles Awareness campaigns to build demand for safe water and sanitation Itari: Small Town Water Supply System and municipalities to provide water pipelines and taps. 200 taps in 2 communities Provision of soft loans through women’s cooperatives for toilets and water supply Creation of water safety plans and zones Community based monitoring Transfer technical solutions and models through community led peer exchanges. Tripartite Mechanism for Vulnerability Reduction Successfully advocated with Biratnagar municipality to create budget allocations for water and sanitation accessible by user communities. Women’s groups contributed loans, Small Town Water Supply System and Municipality provided infrastructure Funds managed, services designed and monitored by a network of user committees linked to the City Development Program Committee

Nepal: Mainstreaming DRR in Local &National Planning Role of Communities Communities have to take the lead with NGOs Government as facilitators Community role: to mobilize communities, analyze vulnerabilities, decide on priorities, build capacities for fund management Women’s participation in planning is critical for effective, sustainable programs owned by communities Social audit system involving communities Local Development Funds: Integrating DRR into local planning Creation of a National fund accessible to Village Development Councils Includes allocation for DRR Every year the Government gives 2.5 million to Village Development Councils 200 communities are already making plans and have made applications for Local Development Fund, Banke district model : VDC used the fund, to map vulnerability constructed flood-proof shelters, raised water pumps and constructed bio-dykes, formed disaster management committees. Replication across the country.

Bio dyke constructed by community

Community Constructed Shelter, Nepal

Where should new investments go? 1.Scaling up community driven innovations that are currently underway. 2.Networks of local DRR champions to inspire innovation, collaboration and learning. 3.Policy and programs that mandate community based organizations as stakeholders in design, implementation and monitoring DRR. 4.Mechanisms that incentivize local and national governments to work in partnership with communities.

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