Reducing disaster risk through a gender-responsive midterm review of the Sendai Framework for DRR

A side event at the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the theme “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes”, co-sponsored by the Governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, and Peru; UNDRR, UN Women, UNFPA, UNEP and WMO.

Objectives of the event
The event will:

• Inform gender actors about the midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and highlight different opportunities for engagement.
• Identify key gender equality and women’s empowerment recommendations and commitments that will help to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework recognising the strong links between climate change, environment and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.
• Share and unpack the recommendations from the UN Joint Study on Gender Equality and Women’s Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction Beyond vulnerability to gender equality and women’s empowerment and leadership in disaster risk reduction: Critical actions for the United Nations System to support a gender-responsive midterm review of the Sendai Framework.
• Explore the possibility of establishing a specific gender work planning mechanism to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework to 2030, potentially a gender action plan similar to the climate change and environment treaty plans.