Under the framework of the CREWS Cambodia and Lao PDR project, People in Need – in collaboration with WMO and the Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM) Support Base Partner Knowledge and Innovation – carried out two national workshops in Cambodia, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic between 26 March and 2 April on gender mainstreaming into End-to-End Early Warning Systems in Flood Forecasting (E2E-EWS-FF) and Integrated Risk Management (IFM).
The three-day workshops brought together more than 80 participants from meteorological and hydrological services, international organizations (Oxfam, Plan International, Red Cross societies), local authorities, civil society organizations and community volunteers, to discuss gender specific issues, needs and challenges related to flood management in their respective countries.
Initial sessions were conducted to present gender specific impacts during flooding, and general concept and processes related to E2E-EWS-FF and IFM. Further, different tools, approaches and methods on gender mainstreaming in planning, programming, budgeting and monitoring-evaluation processes related to the different phases of the flood management at all levels…
