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Mainstreaming Gender in Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction, Expert Meeting, Turkey
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| May 29, 2007 |
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| Description |
The meeting will bring together selected gender and disaster management experts from Turkey, India, Thailand, UNISDR and WBI in Istanbul, Turkey. It will gather feedback on the draft analytic paper produced as part of WBI’s project on mainstreaming gender in disaster recovery and reconstruction, and it will facilitate a discussion on the next steps forward. The participating experts will also provide their insights on best practices, lessons learned and on the institutionalisation of gender concerns in disaster management. The meeting will be structured around a number of presentations and a roundtable discussion.
| | Objectives |
1. The meeting will contribute to improving WBI’s analytic work on mainstreaming gender in disaster recovery and reconstruction,
2. Input will be solicited for designing the next phase of the project, to take place in the field in India and Thailand, 3. Dialogue will be initiated in the expect community on the specific issue of mainstreaming gender concerns in disaster management in national and regional institutional structures, 4. The meeting will bring together international experts and contribute to fostering a network of scholars and practitioners in the gender and disaster management field.
| | Target Audience |
Participating organisations include the World Bank Group, Marmara University, Middle East Technical University, ISDR, Oxfam America, SNEHA, Groots, Acil Destek Vakfi - Emergency Support Foundation, Kadin Emegini Degerlendirme Vakfi - Foundation for the Support of Women's Work. | | Agenda and Materials | Background Paper(word document, 498kb)
 | 9:00 | Arrival and registration | | 9:30 | Welcome and introduction – Katalin Demeter, World Bank Institute | |  9:40 | Opening address – Maureen Fordham, UNISDR (download, .ppt file, 1,307 kb - Gender & Social Equity in Humanitarian Response: As a Culture and Conscious Practice – Hari Krishna, Oxfam America (download, .ppt file, 1,309 kb)
- Discussion
| | 10:50  | Coffee Break | | 11:10 | - Some thoughts on gender mainstreaming in disaster responses from South Asia – Ranjani Krishna Murthy, independent consultant, and Jesu Christy, SNEHA (download, .ppt file, 66kb)
- Transferring effective practices in gender and disaster in disaster prone communities (provisional title)– Suranjana Gupta, Groots
- Discussion
| | 12:10 | Lunch break | | 14:00 | - Gender Issues in Disaster Aid: Post-Tsunami Efforts in Southern Thailand – Pamornrat Tansanguanwong and Sutthana Vichitrananda, World Bank Institute, Thailand Country Office  (download, 15,419 kb)     Â
- Discussion
| | 14:40 | - Title TBC – Mehmet Ecevit, Ankara University          Â
- Gendering Vulnerability and Capacity in Disaster Rebuilding (Field Lessons from Kaynasli, Turkey) – Gulgun Tezgider, Acil Destek Vakfi - Emergency Support Foundation
- A Case Study from a Gender Perspective - Nihal Ekin Erkan (download, .ppt file, 70KB)
- Discussion
| | 15:50  | Coffee break | | 16:10  | Mainstreaming Gender in Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction – Comments on WBI paper. Roundtable discussion and next steps.
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                              | | Materials | Questions for discussion 1. Many factors could be relevant to bringing about change in policy and practice: institutional rules, policy champions, the wider cultural background, training, the state of the economy and so on. What are the main factors in your experience? In what order should these factors be targeted?
2. What are the preconditions for mainstreaming gender in disaster recovery and reconstruction?
3. For the purposes of mainstreaming gender in disaster recovery and reduction, how is change being promoted? How should it be promoted?
4. Is there a difference in mainstreaming gender in disaster policy as against in disaster practice? Are different methods called for in promoting gender mainstreaming in policy and in practice? What are the links between disaster policy and disaster practice?Â
5. What role does the central government play in institutionalising gender in disaster management? What role should it play?
6. What role does local government play in institutionalising gender in disaster management? What role should it play? |
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