Knowledgebase - Practical Guides, Manuals and Checklists

This page contains practical guidelines, manuals and checklists on gender and disaster risk reduction. Visit the Gender and Disaster Sourcebook for a more comprehensive list (2005 and earlier).

UNHCR's Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls. This document replaces the UNHCR's 1991 Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women and was launched during the celebration of International Women's Day last March. The handbook was designed to "promote gender equality by using a rights- and community-based approach, by mainstreaming age, gender and diversity, and through targeted actions to empower women and girls in the civil, political and economic sectors." January 2008. To view the document online, visit: http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/47cfae612.html or download the PDF (4.7MB): http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/47cfa9fe2.pdf.

Fact sheet on Gender and Climate Change. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2008. Download PDF, 1.3MB

Fact sheet on Gender Equality and Adaptation. Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and IUCN, 2008. Download PDF, 969KB

Oxfam International Policy Compendium Note on Gender Issues in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises. (PDF, 179KB)

 Child-Oriented Participatory Risk Assessment and Planning (COPRAP): A Toolkit. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Center for Disaster Preparedness. 2007. (PDF, 710KB)

Checklist to Facilitate Gender Sensitivity of Relief and Reconstruction Efforts for Survivors of the Earthquake in Pakistan. It aims to facilitate gender integration in all aspects of disaster management with specific reference to six major clusters: Education; Water and sanitation; Protection; Shelter and camp management; Health and nutrition; and Early recovery and reconstruction. Gender Task Force. January 2006. From the UN Pakistan website. (PDF, 840KB)

Guidelines for Gender Sensitive Disaster Management. Practical steps to ensure women's needs are met and women's human rights are respected and protected during disasters. Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD). 2006. (PDF, 712KB)