Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 2
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Also recognizes that natural disasters and the ability to recover from them can affect men and women differently, and that a gender-responsive approach, including gender-sensitive needs assessments, during post-disaster recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction, has the potential to address underlying social issues that create vulnerability to disasters and prolong the time needed for economic and social reintegration and productivity;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Environment
Gender
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
CSW resolution, Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters (2014), OP 2.