This study aims to: (i) identify the primary actions of UN Women’s humanitarian response with regard to the main crisis/emergency contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last four years; (ii) demonstrate the good practices and lessons learned as a result of the management of and experience with emergency actions; and (iii) draft recommendations to guide decision-making in favour of developing an evidence-based regional strategy for organizational response to emergencies in Latin America and Caribbean.
This report highlight the work of UN Women in Ecuador for its response to an earthquake-related disaster; in Haiti, for its humanitarian response to the disaster caused primarily by Hurricane Matthew; in Chile, for its response to forest fires; and in Dominica and Jamaica, for their responses to hurricanes.
