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Gender and DRM Side Event on the Margins of the 15th CoP of the African Risk Capacity

Thierry — 2025-07-21T09:42:54Z

On the sidelines of the ARC's 15th Conference of the Parties in Kigali, Rwanda, the ARC Gender Division and Affaires mondiales Canada | Global Affairs Canada (GAC), a key partner in advancing ARC's gender mainstreaming efforts, co-hosted a panel discussion to examine the role of gender integration in Disaster Risk Management and climate change response.

The session convened other ARC partners critical in fostering synergies with GAC-funded initiatives, with the goal to identify shared priorities, complementarities, and potential overlaps across programmes. Participants shared experiences and outlined lessons learnt in the integration of Gender in DRM and climate change response through the ARC, Replica and ADRIFI mechanisms. They also explored strategies to enhance stakeholder collaboration, ensuring cohesive efforts in addressing interconnected climate resilience challenges. Humanitarian partners, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), contributed to the discussions as key enablers of African countries' participation in ARC risk pools. The WFP collaborates on the ARC Replica initiative, which enables humanitarian actors to secure sovereign insurance coverage for participating countries. AfDB oversees the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) Programme, a flagship initiative for enhancing the resilience and response capacity of African nations to climate-induced disasters. ADRiFi focuses on advancing disaster risk management and financing strategies by integrating risk assessment, mitigation, risk transfer mechanisms, and preparedness planning. In 2019, ARC, supported by Global Affairs Canada / Affaires mondiales Canada, developed and adopted its Gender Strategy. As part of its principles of engagement, the organisation adopted a differentiated approach to gender equality issues in DRM, committing to closing the gender gap, which is central to achieving aspiration 6 of Africa's Agenda 2063. This framework recognises that the important role of women in agriculture is essential for food security and economic growth. The event concluded with a road map for a strengthened collaboration, with clear indications on expected deliverables of each mechanism, developed. An immediate outcome was the commitment from partners to hold joint working meetings regularly to explore areas of collaboration in ARC member states.

Intégration du genre dans la gestion des risques de catastrophe au Burkina-Faso

Thierry — 2025-03-26T09:40:55Z

Atelier de validation du rapport d'analyse genre et du plan d'action genre dans la GRC

L'ARC vient de conclure un atelier de validation sur le genre à Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso, à la suite d'une analyse de genre dans la gestion des risques de catastrophes (GRC) dans le pays. Cet atelier a réuni des membres du Groupe de Travail Technique, des organisations de la société civile, des partenaires au développement et des représentants des autorités locales.

L'atelier a permis de réfléchir aux résultats de l'analyse de genre et au plan d'action genre, avec pour objectif d'approprier les conclusions de l'étude au niveau national et de proposer une approche transformative en matière de prévention et de réponse aux catastrophes au Burkina Faso. Les résultats ont été présentés et des recommandations pour une meilleure intégration du genre dans la GRC ont été formulées. Ces recommandations alimenteront le plan d'action genre.

« C'est un moment décisif pour le Burkina Faso. Alors que nous poursuivons cette démarche, nous souhaitons que vous vous appropriez ce processus et proposiez des étapes concrètes pour l'intégration du genre dans la GRC », a déclaré Dr Christiana George, responsable de la Division Genre de l'ARC. « L'ARC continuera à vous soutenir dans l'élaboration d'une stratégie nationale d'intégration du genre dans la GRC pour le Burkina Faso », a-t-elle conclu.

« Le Canada est fier de participer à cet événement et de son partenariat avec l'ARC, alors que nous travaillons ensemble pour une approche transformative en matière de genre dans la GRC au Burkina Faso et dans d'autres pays du continent africain », a affirmé Mme Romi Sybile Achille, Chargée du développement (Santé, Genre, Éducation et Communication) à l'Ambassade du Canada au Burkina Faso.

« Le Burkina Faso doit être un leader en matière d'intégration du genre dans la gestion des risques de catastrophes au sein de l'Alliance des États du Sahel », a insisté M. Savadogo Boukary, Conseiller technique auprès du Ministre d'État, Ministre de l'Agriculture, des Ressources Animales et Halieutiques.

Alors que l'ARC poursuit ses efforts d'intégration du genre dans la GRC, ce travail est en cours de réplication dans d'autres États membres. Une version finale du Plan d'Action Genre sera partagée avec les participants, et d'autres activités liées au genre sont prévues dans le pays, notamment des formations de formateurs et des dialogues politiques.

Follow-Up Activities to Gender Analysis & Gender Mainstreaming in DRM Action Plan Implementation in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Thierry — 2024-12-13T07:26:25Z

From November 10 to 23, 2024, a mission was conducted to support the implementation of the Gender and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Action Plan in Zambia and Zimbabwe. The mission team included key personnel such as the Head of Gender Division, the Country Engagement Manager for Zambia and Zimbabwe, the Communication Officer, Support Officer, and Gender Experts. The mission's objective was to translate the findings from the gender analysis into concrete actions that would promote gender equality and address gender-based violence (GBV) within the context of DRM.

In collaboration with various structures, the African Risk Capacity Gender Unit conducted a gender analysis (GA) in DRM to provide an overview of the gender situation in Zimbabwe and Zambia in 2021 and 2024, respectively. The gender analysis informed the development of Gender Action Plans (GAP) with measurable gender indicators and actions. The GAP was based on data and studies from the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe, development partners, civil society organizations, field visits to selected communities and districts, and national institutions and partners. Training manuals in DRM were also designed, and a national Training of Trainers (ToT) and a policy dialogue were held in both countries.

Following the comprehensive gender analysis, follow-up activities were essential to raise awareness, promote gender equality, engage key stakeholders, and build local capacity to address GBV and gender issues in the context of DRM. These activities were aligned with the Gender Transformative Fund mechanism and Objective 3 of the ARC Gender Strategy. The selected activities, planned to start in 2024 and continue into early 2025, included :

Publication of advocacy and sensitization materials
Organization of advocacy campaigns, including visits to parliamentarians and religious and traditional leaders
Promotion of Gender and DRM messages in mainstream and social media
Raising awareness of GBV among men, women, girls, and boys
Training of Trainers workshops at district and provincial levels

The main objective of the mission was to support the implementation of the Gender and DRM Action Plan through :

Conducting targeted advocacy and sensitization activities by promoting gender and DRM messages through media platforms
Engaging with parliamentarians, religious, and traditional leaders on gender and disasters
Raising awareness of GBV
Conducting Training of Trainers at district and provincial levels to disseminate knowledge and skills on gender and disasters

These activities were piloted in Zimbabwe and Zambia through the collaboration of the ARC Gender Division and the ESA team, with the support of the Swiss Agency Cooperation (SDC). The success and participation of various stakeholders highlighted the need for similar initiatives in other member states where the first phase of gender mainstreaming in DRM has taken place. More support and collaboration are needed to replicate these activities in other member states in 2025. The Gender Division will leverage collaboration with other departments to maximize opportunities and resources for conducting similar activities in additional member states.

Rapport genre de la gestion des risques de catastrophes au Sénégal - Focus sur les flambées épidémiques

Thierry — 2024-09-26T11:17:00Z

Union Africaine
ARC
Mars 2024
60 p

Ce rapport fait une analyse genre du secteur de la santé du point de vue des flambées épidémiques. L'analyse vise à identifier les insuffisances et les défis et à proposer des recommandations pour l'intégration de la dimension de genre dans la gestion des flambées épidémiques en vue d'une transformation du secteur en faveur de l'égalité de genre. Afin d'atteindre les objectifs visés, cette analyse a porté essentiellement sur l'approche qualitative.
Ainsi, au-delà de la revue documentaire, des guides d'entretien individuel et collectif sont utilisés afin de diversifier et de trianguler les informations. Pour la collecte des données sur le terrain, trois zones ont été identifiées à savoir les régions de Dakar, Kolda et Kédougou. Le personnel des districts sanitaires (entretiens individuels) et les communautés (hommes et femmes via des focus group) ont été rencontrés.

Analyse de la gestion des risques de catastrophe au Sénégal du point de vue du genre

Thierry — 2024-07-09T11:28:42Z

African Risk Capacity
FAO
75 p
Juin 2023
La présente étude analyse le genre dans le secteur de la gestion des risques de catastrophes et formule des recommandations devant intégrer le cadre de collaboration entre FAO, ARC et ONU Femmes. Afin d'atteindre les objectifs visés, cette étude a porté essentiellement sur l'approche qualitative. Ainsi, au-delà de la revue documentaire, des guides d'entretien individuel et collectif ont été utilisés dans les régions de St Louis et de Kaffrine (…)

- Documentation / Rapport d'étape, Sénégal, Intégration de la dimension de genre, Gestion des risques de catastrophes

West Africa Consultation on Gender Responsive Mechanisms for Epidemic Preparedness in ECOWAS

Thierry — 2023-03-21T17:58:00Z

African Union
ECOWAS
African Risk Capacity
Bill and Melinda Gates Fondation

On 20 and 21 March 2023, the ARC Group's Gender and Outbreaks & Epidemics (O&E) teams and the West & Central Africa Office, with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations (BMGF), convened the West Africa Regional Consultation on gender-responsive mechanisms for epidemic preparedness in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Dakar, Senegal. The Regional Consultation followed the December 2022 launch of the ARC Group's O&E product, where the Government of Senegal became the first country to take out the sovereign parametric insurance policy for protecting its populations against high-impact disease outbreaks. The ARC O&E Programme's risk-transfer solution is the first African epidemic risk insurance mechanism designed to enable rapid country-led responses to disease outbreaks and epidemics and prevent the further spread of such threats.

The ARC O&E Programme, born in the wake of the devastating 2014-2016 West African Ebola crisis, and developed in response to a request from African Ministers of Finance under the auspices of the African Union (AU), uses a comprehensive multi-pronged approach to country preparedness and response to O&E : in-country capacity-building work on epidemic preparedness ; contingency planning to enable timely and effective response when an outbreak occurs ; outbreak modelling to compute risk analytics from realistically simulated outbreaks events ; and a risk transfer parametric product that covers early response costs of an outbreak. The O&E risk transfer product initially covers three diseases of epidemic potential, Ebola, Marburg, and meningitis, with a view to expanding based on assessed needs in member states.

On 28 November 2022, ARC Agency and the BMGF signed an investment grant agreement on “Gender Responsive Mechanisms for Epidemic Preparedness in ECOWAS” to support six priority member countries of the ECOWAS to provide rapid and appropriate gender-sensitive responses to disease outbreaks and epidemics in the region. The six ECOWAS countries have been prioritised to benefit from this project : Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Towards the fulfilment of this agreement, this Regional Consultation was the start of the ARC-BGMF project, with key objectives being :

Building the capacity of ECOWAS member states to better respond to disease outbreaks and epidemics ;
Promoting gender-sensitive mechanisms for disease outbreaks and epidemics management ;
Providing technical support and outreach activities on the Polio virus in West Africa ; and
Strengthening innovative partnerships in promoting Pan-African and sub-regional collaboration.
Responding to outbreaks and epidemics must be inclusive to achieve true resilience. As part of the ARC's goal to mainstream gender in all its programmes and the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) environment at large, this project will be intentional in driving for gender equality to ensure that no one is left behind, starting with understanding the gender considerations of each participating country through a gender analysis.

Rapport sur les consultations nationales sur le genre

Thierry — 2019-02-28T19:08:00Z

African Risk Capacity
2019

Dirigée par la Dr Christiana George, conseillère de l'ARC en matière d'égalité entre les sexes et animée par le Dr Laurent Glin (consultant), la mission de consultation nationale sur l'égalité entre les sexes s'est déroulée en deux phases : la première en Afrique de l'Ouest du 04 au 21 décembre 2018 et la seconde en Afrique de l'Est et australe du 17 janvier au 07 février 2019.

La mission a bénéficié du soutien de M. Abdou Dieye, responsable du suivi et de l'évaluation de l'ARC, au Sénégal et en Gambie, de Mme Lucy Nyirenda, coordinatrice du programme ARC au Malawi et au Kenya, ainsi que de M. Koffie Konin, responsable de l'engagement pays de l'ARC (au Malawi et à Madagascar) et Timothy Gotora (au Kenya).