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assessment and planning processes, and integrate this information into disaster risk
reduction and management policies and programmes;
(m) Document and assess disaster responses from a gender perspective, and
widely disseminate, both nationally, regionally and internationally, information on
good practices, lessons learned and tools, including technologies in support of
disaster risk reduction, in order to promote and ensure their integration into disaster
risk reduction planning;
(n) Recognize and further promote the role of civil society, including
community-based organizations, women’s organizations and volunteers, in disaster
management and in promoting the building of an inclusive, disaster-resilient society
that ensures women’s full participation;
(o) Recognize also the important role played by female professionals and
volunteers, inter alia, in meeting women’s needs and further encourage their
participation in disaster risk reduction, including prevention, mitigation and
preparedness, response and recovery;
(p) Forge constructive partnerships among all stakeholders, including
Governments, United Nations entities and other relevant actors, such as civil
society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, in order to
strengthen a gender perspective in all aspects of disaster risk reduction, response
and recovery;
Encourages Governments, local authorities, the United Nations system
3.
and regional organizations, and invites donors and other assisting countries to address
the vulnerabilities and capacities of women and girls through gender-responsive
programming and the allocation of resources in their disaster risk reduction, response
and recovery efforts in coordination with the Governments of affected countries;
Requests all relevant United Nations entities, according to their mandate,
4.
to ensure that a gender perspective continues to be mainstreamed into all aspects of
disaster risk reduction, response and recovery;
Requests the United Nations system, Member States and other stakeholders
5.
to continue to promote the inclusion of a gender perspective in their activities on
disaster risk reduction, including at the third World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction in 2015;
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on the Status
6.
of Women at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution,
including suggestions on how to further address the issue on gender equality and the
empowerment of women in natural disasters within the existing United Nations
framework.
Resolution 56/3
Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment
of women
The Commission on the Status of Women,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the full implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action,21 the Programme of Action of the International
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