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January 2005 Emergency and rehabilitation programmes: Does gender matter?Fact sheet
This fact sheet aims at raising awareness among decision-makers and humanitarian agents on mainstreaming gender issues in emergency and rehabilitation programmes. It highlights the challenges faced by men and women in natural disasters and armed conflicts, and the process of addressing needs arising in response to the resulting changes in the external environment. It explains what FAO and other agencies are doing in policy and information, organization and partnerships, and needs assessment and targeting. Concrete examples are provided of lessons learned in different regions. The document complements the Passport and the Guidelines on Socio-economic and gender analysis in emergency and rehabilitation programmes, jointly produced by FAO and WFP, under the SEAGA Programme.
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