1. 11 Disaster Recovery Through a Gender Lens Session 2 World Bank Institute Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

2. 22 Gender issues in disaster phases PHASEISSUESEXAMPLES Pre-Disaster  Survival skills  Risk awareness  Risk perception  Ability to swim and climb trees  Access to information  Willingness to evacuate Emergency  Vulnerability  Coping strategies  Pregnant/lactating women  Men in search & rescue  Mobilizing social networks Rehabilitation  Needs and priorities  Social composition  Creation of new vulnerabilities  Agriculture vs. health  Female-headed households  Sexual/physical violence  Alcohol abuse/aggression Reconstruction  Livelihoods  New gender roles  Access  Land tenure changes  New domestic roles  “Women’s” programs and male exclusion Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

3. 33  Relates to differences in vulnerabilities Physical Social Psychological Cultural  Relates to differences in risk perception Overview: gender in prevention Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

4. 44 Overview: gender in emergency and rehabilitation  Intervention should take into account Coping strategies Needs and priorities Social composition Potential new vulnerabilities  Intervention areas: Aid distribution Aid composition Shelter Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

5. 5 Overview: gender in reconstruction 5  Long term implications of reconstruction efforts  Importance of household level recovery and reconstruction  Using social transformation for the better New gender roles Changing gender relationships Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

6. 6 Recovery and reconstruction: labor 6  Reliance on local labor Psychological recovery Livelihood recovery  Taking up non-traditional tasks and work  Voluntary versus paid work  Disproportionate increase in women workload Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

7. 7 Recovery and reconstruction: livelihood  Overlooked economic activity Loss of productive assets Informal and marginal economy Women as sole earners Gender barriers and changing gender roles  Childcare Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

8. 88 Recovery and reconstruction: physical reconstruction  Housing Location Beneficiaries Community participation  Infrastructure Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

9. 99 Recovery and reconstruction: social reconstruction  Power relations in the households Household structure Household operations  Gender identities  Social capital Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

10. 10 Recovery and reconstruction: building back better and social transformation 10  Decreased vulnerability and increased resilience of individuals and communities  Improved housing and infrastructure  Advancement in social justice Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

11. 11 Recovery and reconstruction: getting ready for the next one 11  Data management  Human development  Legal infrastructure Legislation Enforcement  Financial strategies  Early warning  Education and knowledge dissemination Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

12. 12 In sum 12 Ignoring gender aspects in disaster intervention may lead to:  Inefficient and ineffective measures  Slower and suboptimal economic recovery  Continuation of inequitable social patterns and discrimination  Further marginalization of the vulnerable Gender Aspects of Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction