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Welcome to the InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions

Your online repository of information and knowledge-exchange platform on gender-related aspects in the area of Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI).

The InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions will enable you to find out how to create gender-transformative action on the ground by accessing the latest knowledge, provide hands-on guidance, inform you on exciting opportunities and bring you closer to a vivid community that is re-thinking gender-inclusiveness.

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The Platform delivers on four pillars

Knowledge & Evidence

Aggregates research on gender –sensitive, -responsive, and -transformative approaches to Climate and

Guidance

Collates guidance notes, tools and toolkits to support policy makers and practitioners with implemen

Opportunity

Promotes information on relevant training opportunities and resources which aim to advance gender eq

Community

A platform for collaboration on gender-specific approaches to enhance the development of Climate and
News
14 07 2022

Call for Applications: Advisory Support on gender-smart Monitoring & Evaluation

  Apply now   Gender considerations play a key role across the value chain of Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI). If designed and implemented in a ‘gender-smart’…
23 06 2022

Technical Advisory Facility on Gender-smart Solutions

Apply for targeted advice on how to scale up gender-smart Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Solutions Gender differences play a crucial role at every step of a climate…
15 03 2022

The InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions received the GIZ Gender Award

The InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions (CoE), co-financed by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Global Affairs Canada, has been awarded the second prize…
23 11 2021

Mahila Housing Trust showcasing the Cooperation with the InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions at COP26, High-level UK Presidency Event

At the high-level UK Presidency headline event on Gender Day, ‘Advancing Gender Equality in Climate Action’ at COP26 in Glasgow, our InsuResilience Global Partnership and Gender Working Group member – Mahila Housing SEWA Trust (MHT) – represented the InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on…
23 11 2021

The InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions celebrates its official launch at COP26

The InsuResilience Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions has been fully launched at COP26 in Glasgow!   The first of its kind, the Centre of Excellence (CoE) is a platform for information and knowledge-sharing. ‘This great achievement is the product of a year…
Events
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Mar

LIVE TALK 03: How to implement gender-related Climate Risk Finance commitments and strategies on the ground?

Explore how gender-responsive Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) lies at the intersection of various international policy commitments and agendas and where there…
Recent Documents
Guidance Notes

Step by Step Guidance: Gender-Lens Investing in Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) Solutions

Gender-smart public and private investments and grants in Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) hold significant potential to strengthen the resilience of developing countries and to protect the lives and livelihoods of poor and vulnerable women and men, and their families from the impact of disasters. This guidance note specifically focuses on the deployment of development finance with…
Guidance Notes

Gender analysis in non-traditional sectors: Climate and disaster risk finance and insurance

Gender analysis was identified as the fundamental starting point for gender mainstreaming in the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action and the 1997 agreed conclusions of the UN Economic and Social Council. It constitutes the first and foundational requirement of all efforts to mainstream gender equality perspectives into all work of the UN system. Gender analysis is now commonly embedded in…
Report

Community-Based Micro-Financing and Small Enterprises

The private sector has a key role to play in driving sustainable development. Micro, small and medium enterprises account for 90 percent of the private sector and more than 50 percent of employment globally. As such the sector provides an opportunity for innovative, inclusive and sustainable economic development. The Small Grants Programme facilitates partnerships between civil society, community-based organizations and…
Report

Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and promising examples

NAP Global Network Synthesis Report, 2021–2022 This document is the third in a series of synthesis reports that assess progress on gender-responsive approaches in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes at the global level. It coincides with the midpoint of the Gender Action Plan under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), making this a good moment to reflect…
Policy Report, Report

Climate resilience and disaster risk analysis for gender-sensitive value chains

  The purpose of this publication is to facilitate gender analysis in value chain operations, considering climate change effects, in order to enhance adaptive capacities of value chain actors. It aims to facilitate the analysis of the factors that determine gender-differentiated vulnerability to climate change and risks. It is intended for use by practitioners and service providers, including governments, civil…

The Platform delivers on the four pillars:

Knowledge & Evidence

Aggregates research on gender –sensitive, -responsive, and -transformative approaches to Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance in order to build an evidence-base of emerging good practices and effective strategies.

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Guidance

Collates guidance notes, tools and toolkits to support policy makers and practitioners with implementing gender-smart solutions across their work.

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Opportunity

Promotes information on relevant training opportunities and resources which aim to advance gender equality such as leadership training, funding and scholarship opportunities, plus many more.

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Community

A platform for collaboration on gender-specific approaches to enhance the development of Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance solutions and management of information. To this end, the Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions will host online and in person events and create an online portal for dialogue, through the InsuResilience Risk Talk tool and other reputable platforms.

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