BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6606644:Event:65729 DTSTAMP:20260520T061933Z SUMMARY:Mainstreaming Gender into Community-Based Disaster Risk Manage ment Training DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCTION\nThe Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduc tion, the global roadmap for disaster risk reduction from 2015 – 203 0 recognizes the importance of gender-dimensions in disaster risk redu ction (DRR) and calls for inclusiveness and engagement of all society. Sendai Framework called for:\n“a gender, age, disability and cultur al perspective in all policies and practices; and the promotion of wom en and youth leadership; in this context, special attention should be paid to the improvement of organized voluntary work of citizens.”\nF urthermore, Sendai Framework emphasized that \"women and their partici pation are critical to effectively managing disaster risk and designin g, resourcing and implementing gender-sensitive disaster risk reductio n policies, plans and programmes; and adequate capacity building measu res need to be taken to empower women for preparedness as well as buil d their capacity for alternate livelihood means in post-disaster situa tions.\"  This course seeks to fill gaps in practical guidance in gen der mainstreaming in disaster risk management at the local and communi ty level.\nIt also is imperative that capacities of both women and men must be harnessed so they can address vulnerable conditions and prote ct themselves, their families and communities against hazards. And thi s course will strengthen the participants’ knowledge and skills in i ntegrating gender in the concepts and practices of Community-based dis aster risk management (CBDRM).\nWHO SHOULD ATTEND\nThe training is mea nt for project managers, DRR officials, Gender professionals, governme nt officials, CBO operatives, NGO employees, UN Staff and anyone invol ved in project management activities\nCOURSE OBJECTIVES\nIn general, t he course aims to integrate the gender perspective in disaster risk ma nagement to ensure that both women and men have the necessary capaciti es in addressing their respective vulnerabilities to enable them to pr otect themselves, their families and their immediate communities.\nSpe cifically, the course aims to:\n\nReview the concepts of disasters and Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)\nIntroduce participa nts to the gender perspective in CBDRM and the process of gender integ ration in CBDRM\nExpose the participants on the process of gender-sens itive risk assessment\nIntroduce the participants to Gender-Sensitive Disaster Risk Management for effective disaster risk reduction, respon se, and recovery.\n\n\nFor more information visit https://gendereval.n ing.com/events/mainstreaming-gender-into-community-based-disaster-risk DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20170717T000000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20170721T235900 CATEGORIES:training LOCATION:Nairobi Kenya WEBSITE:http://versedpro.com/index.php/training-events/cross-thematic- training/humanitarian-social-development-trainings/195-mainstreaming-g ender-into-community-based-disaster-risk-management-training URL:http://versedpro.com/index.php/training-events/cross-thematic-trai ning/humanitarian-social-development-trainings/195-mainstreaming-gende r-into-community-based-disaster-risk-management-training CONTACT:+254739167709 ORGANIZER:Versed Professional Services ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2304237554?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="JOHN KEL VIN":https://gendereval.ning.com/profile/JOHNKELVIN END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR