Integrating Gender into Humanitarian Action: Good Practices from Asia-Pacific 3

In May 2016, the World Humanitarian Summit convened a High-Level Leaders’ Roundtable “Women and Girls: Catalyzing Action to Achieve Gender Equality,” recognizing a need to ensure gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in crisis. Meanwhile, discussions during the Regional Asia-Pacific Conference on Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, centered on integrating gender into disaster risk reduction processes. These dialogues highlighted examples and critical commitments to ensure an effective humanitarian system for all women, girls, men, and boys.

This is the third compilation of good practices on integrating gender into humanitarian action in Asia, developed on behalf of the Regional Network Working Group on Gender in Humanitarian Action in Asia-Pacific. On the following pages, we highlight examples from the region that support equal treatment of all before, during and after disasters.