Training event
Taking an intersectional approach to disaster risk reduction and response: Issues in policy and practice
Organizer(s)
British Geological Survey
Heriot-Watt University
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom Alliance for Disaster Research
Format
Online
Date
This session will draw on experiences of working to promote a gendered intersectional approach during the processes to develop the SDGs and the Sendai framework, and considerations of this approach in practice in the context of Latin America, focussed on the UN Economic Commission for Latin America's preparations ahead of COP25 which was to be hosted in Chile.
It will ask:
- What does an intersectional approach look like?
- Why is it important?
- How can it be included in policies and improve practice?
- And importantly - what are the barriers to this approach being taken up and how can they be addressed?
Much of this experience draws on working in a development / developing world context where such an approach is largely accepted. The open discussion then will focus on – what would an intersectional approach look like for the UK?
Time: 10:00-10:50 BST
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Themes
Gender