Viet Nam Human Rights
The role of women in policy of disaster risk reduction
5/3/16
In February, the UN Committee elimination of
discrimination against women (CEDAW) stated that women and girls should be
placed at the center of all efforts to minimize the risk of disaster because
they are usually affected by climate change and the dangers related to the
typhoon.
At an extraordinary meeting on natural disasters,
CEDAW has assessed the extent of the problem and efforts to overcome it.
Speaking at the meeting, Assistant Secretary General
of the World Meteorological Organization Manaenkova Elena said: "In the
2004 tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean, more women were killed than men
because they were less able to swim and their long clothing make them difficult
to move. In Bangladesh, among 140,000 deaths related to the floods caused by
cyclone Gorky in 1991, the number of women is 14 times more than men, partly
because they did not have adequate access to information and systems rapid
alert system”.
According to Ms. Elena Manaenkova, approximately
60-70% of women in developing countries work in the agricultural sector.
However, within the framework of a project in India, where meteorological
information is provided on the mobile phone, only 11% of users are women.
"We have to show that there are still 300 million women around the world
without mobile phones," - she noted.
Sendai program, an international program for 15 years aims
at reducing disaster risk was passed in March 2015 with the goal of saving
lives and preventing the economic impact of natural disasters and disasters
derived from humans, also highlighted gender issues.
Head of UNISDR Robert Glasser said: "The Sendai
program emphasizes the significant importance on human rights, gender equality
and adaptation to climate change ".
According to Mr. Robert Glasser, gender issue is a key
element of Sendai program. Among these gender inequalities should be
eliminated, it is highlighted inequalities in participation in decision-making,
resource management, accessing to social protection measures, education and
health as well as early warning.
The gender inequality can limit the influence and
control of women and girls for the decisions related to their own lives as well
as access to resources, and so cast them out of the process of planning disaster
risk mitigation .
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