CSW66 Parallel Event on ‘Disaster Risk Reduction: Feminist Perspectives on Stakeholder Engagement’

The panel will present a feminist approach to DRR engagement highlighting linkages to climate change, COVID 19 pandemic recovery and DRR financing. A focus will be on the Global Platform for DRR Conference scheduled for 23-28 May 2022 in Bali, Indonesia and the ongoing midterm review of the Sendai Framework, as well as the inclusivity of under-represented peoples, marginalized and grassroots groups, and civil society from Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Speakers:

• Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Regional Manager, Shifting the Power Coalition, Suva, Fiji
• Branwen Millar, Gender Advisor for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), New York
• Maite Rodriguez, Organizer, Huairou Commission/GROOTS, Guatemala
• Lori Johnston, indigenous leader, Yamasi Peoples, from unceded land of the Yamasi in current day Georgia, USA.
• Becky Murphy, Policy Lead, Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction, and Co-Focal Point for the Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism
• Moderator: Rosa Lizarde, Global Director, Feminist Task Force, and Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development Focal Point to SEM

Organizers include members of the UN Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM) on Disaster
Risk Reduction, total of 17 Major Groups and other stakeholders (MGoS), the majority of which
represent civil society and community-based organizations and demonstrate a high level of
engagement in all major intergovernmental processes related of the 2030 Agenda.