A NEW ROLE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CONTEXT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT: THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN’S GENERAL RECOMMENDATION No. 37
On February 7, 2018, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) issued General Recommendation No. 37 on gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change. The recommendation provides guidance to the 189 State parties to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on the fulfillment of their treaty obligations in the fields of disaster risk reduction and climate change. The Recommendation is groundbreaking in many…