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Post-Crisis Needs Assessment for
Equitable and Inclusive Recovery:
A Guide
Savitri Bisnath, PhD
Context
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Builds on the first phase of the PDNA
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Designed to:
 Identify
specific post-crisis needs of women
and men
 Analyze findings
 Design actions
 Implement programs
Objectives
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Collect and compare baseline and post-crisis quantitative and
qualitative sex- and age-disaggregated data across sectors
Analyze needs, paying attention to the specific early recovery
needs of affected area and women, men, boys and girls
Identify post-crisis service delivery gaps of local and national
authorities, paying particular attention to services targeted to
women and girls
Identify, design and implement gender-aware actions across
sectors and institutions (gender-aware programming)
Enhance gender-responsive post-crisis recovery planning
through inter-agency collaboration and shared response
Quantitative Gender Aware Baseline
Data: Examples
[census]
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sex- and age-disagg. demographic
data
[Gov't, UN]
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home ownership by sex
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% of pop w/access to
 clean water
 sanitation facilities
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public & private health expenditures
as % of GDP
[UN, NGOs]
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average family size
% of females who experience
 sexual assault
 culturally inscribed harmful
practices
[HDR, Gov't, UN]
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sex- and age-disagg. life
expectancy at birth
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% of fe/males w/micronutrient
malnutrition
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sex- and age-disagg. prevalence
rates for malaria, TB, HIV
[census, HDR]
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sex- and age-disagg. poverty rates
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sex- and age-disagg. literacy rates
[census, UN, HH & Livelihood survey]
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sex- and age-disagg. pop w/
employment
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sex- and age-disagg. pop
w/seasonal employment
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sex- and age-disagg. pop
w/informal livelihood activities
Quantitative Gender Aware Post-Crisis
Data: Examples
[Gov’t, NGOs, UN]
Education
Livelihoods
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% of boys removed from elementary
school
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% of girls removed from elementary
school
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% of single sex schools destroyed
% of HH who lost sole income
earner
% of HH who lost primary income
earner
% of FHH who lost productive
assets
Health
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% of FHH who lost land
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% of fe/males migrating for work
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% of public medical facilities
destroyed
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% of public medical facilities to
rebuild in new location
Qualitative Gender-Aware Post-Crisis Data
Gender-aware baseline data identifying:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
who (female/male) does what tasks;
who has the responsibility for which activities;
who controls and can access which resources; and
understanding why,
provide the basis and justification for developing more
gender equitable programming in order to build back
better.
Examples of Gender-Aware Post-Crisis
Governance Questions
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What types and level of support are necessary for local authorities so
that they can best respond to early recovery needs of women?
Are there national and local recovery plans and policies in place to
deploy in the aftermath of the crisis? Are they gender aware?
Are there recovery programs to reintegrate women who were involved
in the armed forces?
Are there changes in the practices, norms and regulations that
contribute to vulnerabilities experienced by women and girls, e.g.,
customary laws preventing women from access to, and control of,
credit and property? If yes, will they improve the socio-economic wellbeing of women and girls? What early recovery mechanisms are
needs to support the broadening of opportunities for women and
marginalized communities?
Examples of Gender-Aware Post-Crisis
Employment and Livelihoods Questions
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Which economic sectors are damaged (agriculture, tourism, fisheries),
and to what extent (partially, fully). In what ways (directly/indirectly)
are women and/or men involved in these sectors? What types of
economic infrastructure have been destroyed/damaged? What are the
resulting impacts on employment and livelihood patterns in the formal
and informal economy? What are the coping strategies of women and
men who have been impacted?
Are women and/or men from affected areas migrating within, or
leaving, the country? What are the push and pull factors? Are they
similar or different for women and men? What is the short- and
medium-term impact on the households and the affected community?
What capacity building measures are needed to reduce the scope and
intensity of the push factors?
Types of Gender-Aware Consultations
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Informal discussions with individual women or men,
small single-sex or mixed groups, INGO, NGO
working with women
Semi-structured consultations
Structured interviews
Sector-related focus group consultations
Issue related focus group consultations, e.g., women
Key Elements in the Conduct of
Gender-Aware Post-Crisis Assessment
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Sex- and age-disaggregated baseline and post-crisis
data, including information documented during the
humanitarian phase, are collected and analysed
Women and men from affected population are
consulted
Women are members of the assessment teams
Assessment does not assume that all women or all
men have the same needs, priorities and interests,
and resists stereotyping women as solely a
vulnerable group
Key Elements in Gender-Aware Early
Recovery Planning
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The results of the consultations with women and men and
women’s organisations have informed recovery planning and
design
Sex- and age-disaggregated data are analysed and used
Proposed actions aim to reinforce sustainable, spontaneous
recovery activities of women and men
There is clarity on the ways in which proposed projects will
directly benefit women, men, boys, and girls
Proposed early recovery initiatives aim to facilitate and retain
female and male participation as appropriate
Thank you