Advocacy Messages for Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT)

The following advocacy is developed based on the IASC Policy on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls (GEEWG) in Humanitarian Action and its Accountability Framework and it considers lessons learned from recent emerging gender impacts of flood, cyclone, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to mobilize Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT), Bangladesh to ensure these gendered measures are reflected in emergency response plans and activities.

This is an initiative of the Gender in Humanitarian action working group (GiHA) Bangladesh co-chaired by UN Women Bangladesh and the Department of Women’s Affairs of the government of Bangladesh.