[Event recap] Confronting Challenges in Gender-Smart Climate and Disaster Risk Finance: Resources and Toolkits

The "Confronting Challenges in Gender-Smart Climate and Disaster Risk Finance: Resources and Toolkits" webinar hosted by FARM-D, PARM, and the Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions explored progress made in gender-smart approaches to Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) over the last five years, identified remaining challenges, and presented hands-on resources to guide practitioners in implementing gender-related CDRFI initiatives. The World Bank’s Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF) gender team, Anja Robakowski (Gender Coordinator) and Lisa Roberts (Consultant), presented GSFF’s new gender resources and shared practical experiences and lessons learned in integrating gender considerations into CDRFI projects. GSFF’s presentation received very positive feedback from both organizers and participants, and there was strong demand from participants for the new gender resources.

Seventy-eight unique viewers participated in the webinar — 54 women and 24 men. The geographical representation of participants was as follows: Europe 31; Asia and the Pacific 8; Middle East 2; LAC 6; Sub-Saharan Africa 27; and North America 4. The affiliation to organizations to participants is as follows: Academia/research 6; Independent 6; Development/Multilateral Agency 43; Non-Profit Organization 9; Private Sector 4; Government 6; and others 4.