Special Session: Progress on implementing the Gender Action Plan for the Sendai Framework

The Sendai GAP aims to accelerate achievement of the Sendai Framework by substantially increasing resource allocations, activities and impacts of gender-responsive DRR and substantially decreasing gender-related disaster risk by 2030. A year on from the launch of the Sendai GAP, this special session will demonstrate good practices and highlight progress made by diverse stakeholders to implement the Sendai GAP, and the impact of these efforts in reducing disaster risk.

UNDRR Focal Point:

• Ms. Branwen Millar

Expected outcomes of session:

• Enhanced understanding of good practices and experiences that diverse stakeholders have had implementing the Sendai GAP and the impact of these efforts in reducing disaster risk.
• Increased awareness of the tools and resources available to support governments and diverse gender and DRR stakeholders to implement the Sendai GAP.
• Strengthened partnerships between DRR and gender stakeholders to advance gender equality and resilience and build the momentum for and commitment to Sendai GAP implementation.
• Greater uptake and utilization of the Sendai GAP monitoring and reporting mechanisms, and knowledge of the baseline data that has been collated to measure the impact that the Sendai GAP will have in accelerating implementation of the Sendai Framework to 2030.

Moderator:

• Prof. Maureen FordHam, UCL

Speakers:

• Mr. Col Pol Richard NZAMBIMANA, Directeur de la Prévention, de l'Action Humanitaire et des Opérations de Secours à la DGPC&GC et Secrétaire Exécutif de la PFN/PR&GC Direction Générale de la Protection et de la Gestion des Catastrophe, Burundi
• Ms. Takena Redfern, Director, NDMO, Office of the President, Kiribati
• Ms. Goundo Sissoko, President of women's Network for Environmental Rights (REFEDE-Mali) and the coordination of women's association and NGO's of Mali
• Ms. Nayyab Ali, Peace and Justice network // transgender, Pakistan
• Ms, Mirtha Escobar, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR

Location

Plenary A
CICG