Gender and International Crisis Response: Do we have the data, and does it matter?
Author:
Eklund, L. & Tellier, S.
Date:
2012
Language:
English
Region:
Global
Country:
[unspecified]
Full Harvard Reference:
Eklund, L. & Tellier, S. (2012). Gender and International Crisis Response: Do we have the data, and does it matter?, Disasters, Vol. 36 (4): 589-608
This paper pays attention to the availability, generation, and accessibility of sex-disaggregated data. It argues that the collection of sex-disaggregated data is an essential tool for effective and equitable humanitarian responses, as it allows a deeper and richer analysis on the gendered impacts of a disaster. Through an extensive literature research, the author demonstrates a lack of sex-disaggregated data collection, and attributes this to the lack of proper training for actors responding to situations of emergency. ‘Saving lives’ is somewhat opposed to, and prioritised, over sex-disaggregated data collection, whereas this could precisely be used to design better prevention and response strategies on the ground.