Webinar on Strengthening Disaggregated Data for Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction

May 7, 2025

Organized by: Gender Stakeholder Group of Asia Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (GSHG- APP DRR)

Topic: Strengthening Disaggregated Data for Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction
Format:Online Webinar
Date: 13th May 2025
Time: 10:00AM to 11:30 AM (BKK time)
Moderator:Dr PG Dhar Chakrabarti

Webinar series

The Gender Stakeholder Group for Asia Pacific Partnership for DRR is planning to organize a series of webinars focusing on supporting the implementation of Sendai GAP recommendations this year.

The topics of the webinars will be centered on gender responsive disaster risk governance in alignment to the key objectives of the Sendai Gender Action Plan (GAP). The discussions will delve deep into the key issues, challenges and ways forward to meet these objectives for successful implementation of the GAP. The purpose of the webinars goes beyond facilitating discourses but also sharing available resources and exchange of ideas and knowledge among experts and participants.

Overall objectives

Strengthen participants’ knowledge of gender-responsive disaster risk governance
Exploring the principles of gender-responsive disaster risk governance in alignment to the Sendai GAP.
Sharing tools, knowledge and resources on gender-responsive disaster risk governance to strengthen the implementation of Sendai GAP.

The webinar “Strengthening Disaggregated Data for Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction” is the second webinar of the series. The webinar will focus on enhancing the collection, analysis, and utilization of sex, age, income and disability disaggregated data (SAIDD) and qualitative gender-specific information to inform gender-responsive disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, planning, and actions

Background and Rationale:

Disaggregated data is the foundation of inclusive and equitable disaster risk reduction. Despite increasing recognition of gender-specific vulnerabilities, there remains a significant gap in the systematic collection and application of sex, age, income, and disability disaggregated data (SAIDD) in anticipatory action and disaster preparedness planning.

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction emphasizes inclusive risk governance, and the Sendai Gender Action Plan (GAP) outlines KO 1: the need to increase availability of sex, age, income and disability disaggregated data and qualitative information on gender and disaster risk. This data is crucial for designing context-specific anticipatory action that responds to diverse needs, especially of marginalized and at-risk groups.

Specific Objectives of the Webinar

This webinar aims to:

Understand the importance of disaggregated data and qualitative insights
Present findings on current practices and gaps in the collection and usage of sex, age, income, and disability disaggregated data (SAIDD) within DRR strategies across the region.
Share tools, methodologies, and success stories of integrating disaggregated data into national and local DRR frameworks, with a focus on intersectionality and community-based approaches.
Explore the role of disaggregated data in ensuring the visibility and inclusion of persons with disabilities in anticipatory action planning, early warning systems, and preparedness efforts.
Encourage multi-stakeholder dialogue to co-create data systems and disaster governance frameworks that center the voices of marginalized groups, particularly women, persons with disabilities, and other at-risk populations.
Identify and reflect on persistent challenges in the collection, analysis, and utilization of SAIDD, including limited national capacity, fragmented data systems, lack of standardization, and underrepresentation of vulnerable groups.

Key Themes and Discussions

1. Importance of Disaggregated Data

An introduction to how SAIDD informs inclusive disaster risk assessments and gender-responsive early warning systems in line with KO 1 of the Sendai GAP.

2 Challenges in the collection of quantitative data

Identify and reflect on persistent challenges in the collection, analysis, fragmented data systems, lack of standardization, and underrepresentation of vulnerable groups.

3. Tools and Methods for Gender-Responsive Data Collection

Panelists will present practical strategies for data collection, community engagement, and integrating qualitative insights from the field.

4. Government and Stakeholder Perspectives

Government representatives and technical experts will share country-level progress, data-driven innovations, and inter-agency coordination mechanisms

Webinar Agenda

1. 1. Welcome and Introduction (3 mins)
  2. Opening Remarks and the Role of Disaggregated Data in Advancing the Sendai GAP: Moderator Dr. PG Dhar Chakrabarti (10 mins)
  3. Challenges in collecting and using disaggregated data in DRR planning and actions (7mins)
    1. Mr. Sajjad Ahmed Memon, Assistant Director of Women Protection Department at Government of Pakistan
    2. Discussion (10 mins)
  4. Tools, approaches and strategies (20 mins)
    1. Gender and Climate Survey tool and gender indicators in national statistical surveys - Ms. Vouchlim Te, Government of Cambodia
    2. Missing Voice Approach – Dr. Mirianna Budimir/Dr. Dharam Uprety, Practical Action
    3. Humanitarian Disability Needs Estimation and Screening Tool (HDNest) - Ms. Chrysant Lily Kusumowardoyo, ASB, Life Haven, and the Nossal Institute at the University of Melbourne
  5. Q&A (25 mins
  6. Key Takeaways (5 mins)

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