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Ministry of Women and Children Affairs
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
History of the Ministry
After independence, the Govt. formed ‘Women
Rehabilitation Board’ in 1972 and in the year 1974 the
Board was transformed into Women Rehabilitation
Foundation. • In the year 1978 Govt. Formed Ministry
of Women Affairs for the Protection of
Women's rights. Finally it was transformed
into Ministry Of Women and Children Affairs
in 1994.
Equal rights equal opportunities: progress for all
Gender Equality Policy related to Disaster prevention and Disaster Management
The government of Bangladesh firmly believes that gender equality is more than a goal in itself. The journey to
ensure gender equality began since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Constitution of Bangladesh
guarantees women equal rights with men in all spheres of the State and public life as a fundamental right (28(2)
and prohibits discrimination and inequality on the basis of sex. Bangladesh has a long tradition in incorporating
gender aspects and promoting women leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction at local and national level through
policy directions. The government has approved The National Plan of Acton for Disaster Management which
demonstrate a commitment to address gender issues.
Gender perspective in National Plan for Disaster
Management 2010 to 2015:
● Standing Orders on Disaster (SOD) has been revised with special
emphasis on gender and diversity group.
Women’s participation in disaster management
● Revised SOD has outlined the role of women and accordingly in
all committees representation from women is placed.
Challenges and issues
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Lack of attention of among
organizational leaders, policy makers
and researchers about gender analysis
and on to the uneven impact of disasters
on gender groups.
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● As part of the cyclone and flood response plans gender issues are
incorporated and ensure that the newly constructed cyclone
shelters create separate facilities for women.
Lack of sex-disaggregated data for
gender analysis of changes due to
disaster.
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Lack of resources.
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● Provision has for promoting gender, cultural and religious
sensitivity training as integral components of education and
training for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
Poor involvement of women in the
decision making process.
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Lack of participation of women in
particular and the local community in
general in the planning and execution of
counter disaster plans.
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Bureaucratic disaster response tends to
be short term in its scope and fails to
link disaster response and rehabilitation
with development activities.
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Women's lower economic power in the
society, socio -cultural restriction and
tendency to coercively control women.
● All levels of committee from national to local have responsibility
to ensure the overall security of women.
● Organize rapid assessment of damage and vulnerability of people
giving special attention to women and children in coordination
with Ministries of Women and Children Affairs and Social
Welfare.
● Development of guidebook to ensure gender equity and inclusion
of socially disadvantaged group in disaster management business.
● Incorporation of risk mitigation and risk reduction elements in all
the development programs and plans of the Ministry of Women
and Children Affairs for empowering at risk communities.
● In order to strengthen emergency response systems women
participation in the preparedness and disaster management
activities is ensured.
Women in Disaster in Bangladesh (Cyclone, flood, etc.)