She is a humanitarian

Women’s participation in humanitarian action drawing on global trends and evidence from Jordan and the Philippines

This report, based on extensive research and consultations by CARE International, argues that efforts to protect and assist people caught up in natural disasters and conflict will be more effective if women can contribute.

The report, which is based on interviews with over 300 women involved in humanitarian action either at a global level or in emergency responses in Jordan and the Philippines, identifies four key themes:

Shift from women as victims to women as first responders
Shift from tick-box gender accountability to a comprehensive approach
Women and accountability to affected populations
Local women’s groups and the ‘Grand Bargain’

As well as a review of global trends and detailed analysis of gender in emergency responses in Jordan (to the Syria crisis) and the Philippines (to Typhoon Haiyan), the report includes detailed recommendations for different stakeholders involved in humanitarian action: donors, governments, the UN, INGOs and local women's groups.

Countries: Jordan, Philippines, Global
Published: February 2017

Themes:

Related Publications

Curiosity Collective: Evidence of social changes for women in savings groups

CARE has been working with Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) since we first launched the model in Niger in 1991. Over the years, VSLAs have reached more 7.6 million members, 81% of them women. The economic impacts of the VSLA groups... Read more...

Cash and voucher assistance that works for women: 6 lessons from the field

A practice brief based on the multi-country study What does gender-sensitive cash and voucher assistance look like?,... Read more...

What does gender-sensitive cash and voucher assistance look like?

This multi-country, participant-led study asked women, and the men in their communities, what gender-sensitive cash and voucher assistance means to them. From the research we were able to define the elements of gender-sensitive cash and voucher... Read more...

Pathways to localisation: A framework towards locally led humanitarian response in partnership-based action

This paper outlines eight priority actions for partnership-based humanitarian action, and five actions for an enabling environment, for locally-led humanitarian... Read more...

Supporting women’s social movements and collective actions: CARE International Gender Network position paper and guidance note

CARE is committed to tackling the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice to bring lasting change to the world’s most vulnerable. This requires supporting and engaging with change agents. Research shows that major social change only... Read more...

CARE Rapid Gender Analysis: Latin America and the Caribbean – The Bahamas / Hurricane Dorian

This Rapid Gender Analysis aims to provide useful information and recommendations to actors responding to the current crisis to support them to deliver gender-appropriate interventions, including UN agencies, Bahamian disaster response... Read more...

Women’s economic empowerment in emergency contexts – Niger: A Case Study

This report, based on research into CARE humanitarian interventions in Niger, analyses whether community-led savings groups and income-generation activities can represent a way not only to respond to crises, but also to increase women’s... Read more...

Rapid gender and protection analysis: Cyclone Kenneth response, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique

This rapid gender and protection analysis, conducted by the COSACA consortium and led by CARE, highlights the ways in which instability and entrenched gender inequalities are worsening the impact of Cyclone Kenneth in north Mozambique for women,... Read more...

She is a humanitarian

Related Publications

Publications Search

Title

Browse by theme