Préparé par la Mutuelle panafricaine de gestion des risques (ARC), la Direction Femmes, Genre et Développement de la CUA et l’unité de coordination RRC de la CUA. Août 2023

Government of Guinea Bissau, African Risk Capacity, 13 p., 2024. Desastres, surtos de doenças e epidemias não são experimentados de forma uniforme por todos os membros na sociedade. A vulnerabilidade e a exposição a desastres e epidemias são determinadas pelas diferenças nos papéis e responsabilidades sociais de mulheres e homens e o sexo feminino é afetado numa forma desproporcional. Relativamente as mulheres e meninas, a expectativa de que cumpram os seus papéis e responsabilidades enquanto prestadoras de cuidados às suas famílias impõe-lhes trabalhos e deveres adicionais durante e depois de desastres, surtos de doenças e epidemias. A fraqueza verificada nas estruturas de gestão de desastres e epidemias na Guiné-Bissau se deve em parte à fraca integração da perspetiva de género nas políticas, estratégias, planos e programas, ou seja, a falta de abordar as diferencias de género relativamente a vulnerabilidade, impactos de desastres e epidemias, estratégias para os enfrentar e medidas de respostas as emergências.

Government of Ghana African Risk Capacity 4 p 2024

Government of Guinea Bissau African Risk Capacity 167 p 2024

Government of Sierra Leone African Risk Capacity 5 p Sierra Leone is a small but densely populated country in West Africa with a population of approximately 7 million and a land area of 72,325 Km2. The country is divided into five main geographical regions : the coastline, interior lowland plains, interior plateau, the mountains, and the Freetown Peninsula. Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, alternating between dry and dusty periods (December to April) and rainy season (May to November) monsoons with torrential rains and flooding. The climate and geography of Sierra Leone leave the population exposed to both natural hazards such as floods, landslides, and tropical storms, as well as infectious disease outbreaks such as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Meningitis, and Dengue Fever. From 2010 to 2019, natural disasters affected roughly 43.7 thousand people and claimed over 1,150 lives in Sierra Leone (EM-DAT, 2020). Recent major disasters are linked to episodes of heavy rain, including the 2019 flash floods in Freetown, the 2017 flood, and the Sugar Loaf landslide in the Western Area. This policy brief highlights the existing gaps/challenges faced by the country and makes recommendations for the effective integration of gender in policies and programmes relating to DRM and O&E response.

Government of Zambia African Risk Capacity 57 p

Government of Somalia African Risk Capacity 2023 50 p

Government of Somalia African Risk Capacity 6 p Disasters are occurring more frequently globally, primarily due to climate change and other man-made factors, leading to an increase in the number of emergencies. Somalia is confronted with a number of recurring climate variability disasters such as droughts and floods. Conflicts, poverty, political instability and lack of basic social services are other threats that the country faces, compounding the vulnerability of Somalian women who face enormous challenges. It is believed that much of government and non-government humanitarian interventions are not well integrated and do not consider the specific challenges faced by women. This Policy Brief highlights the gender specific gaps and opportunities for gender mainstreaming in disaster-related national and local-level policies, institutions and programmes in order to give equal weight to the rights and capacities of both men and women. Disaster events have a significant impact on people’s lives, livelihoods, and socioeconomic infrastructure in the affected areas, pushing many into poverty and food insecurity. Somalia is at risk from several natural hazards, including drought, floods, cyclones, and climate-related diseases and epidemics. Women, men, girls, and boys are affected differently due to pre-existing gender norms, roles, and power imbalances. The gender-based vulnerabilities to disasters reflect historical and culturally specific patterns of discriminatory social institutions, culture, and personal lives. These discriminatory structures and systems limit women’s equal access to education and information, economic and productive resources, skills, and employment, thereby affecting their capacities to prepare, respond and recover from disasters. The same obstacles prevent women from actively contributing to decision-making. Unfortunately, while evidently, gender is a major factor to consider in DRM, very little is being done to mainstream gender in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in Somalia.

Government of Mozambique African Risk Capacity 6 p

Gouvernement du Mozambique African Risk Capacity 2023

Gouvernement du Malawi African Risk Capacity Avril 2022

Integration de la dimension genre dans la gestion des risques de catastrophes Gouvernement de Zimbabwe African Risk Capacity