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14.4.1.2 Gender-Disaggregated Vulnerability Assessments

Priority 2.1 of Hyogo establishes the expectation that gender disaggregated
vulnerability and capacity assessments will be available to inform planning and
development decisions. National-level progress toward this goal as found in the
2009-2011 reports is dismayingly low (HFA Monitor 2011b ).

Box 14.2 Priority 2.1

Governments reporting that “Gender disaggregated vulnerability and
capacity assessments” are not available to support planning and develop-
ment decisions : Algeria, Botswana, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau,
Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda,
Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands,
Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos,
USA, Venezuela, Brunei, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Lebanon,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Yemen,
Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland,
Romania, Switzerland, Macedonia, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall
Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

Governments reporting that gender disaggregated assessments are avail-
able : Burundi, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba,
Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Bangladesh, Thailand, Italy, and Sweden.

14.4.1.3 Gender-Based Recovery Plans

Priority 4.5 of Hyogo sets the expectation that post-disaster recovery programs will
take into account gender-based recovery issues. In the 2009-2011 reporting cycle
(HFA Monitor 2011c ), of 86 countries reporting, only 24 said they had in place
measures to address gender in recovery: Cape Verde, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco,
Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Chile,
Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Turks & Caicos, Bangladesh,
Lebanon, Armenia, Germany, Sweden, Macedonia, and Cook Islands.
The window into real-world gender integration into disaster planning provided
by the Hyogo reports suggests that the UNISDR was understating the problem when
it asserted that there “has not been much substantial progress made in mobilizing
resources for mainstreaming gender perspectives.” Almost everywhere in the world,
gender-aware policy is at best unfi nished business; in many places in the world, it is
actually “unstarted” business.