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Summary

This report on the Basics of Mainstreaming Gender into Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction scrutinizes the existing gaps in gender mainstreaming within the areas of climate change and disaster risk reduction policies. Highlighting the lack of gender integration within these policies, it brings into focus the relevance of advocating for gender mainstreaming, especially within the Asia-Pacific region. Over the past two decades, gender mainstreaming may have been initiated by the lead agencies and governments from this region, however, there remain gaps. The tools and approaches proposed by this report come as a response to our constant efforts to strengthen gender equality and human rights and contribute as a whole to the areas of climate change and disaster risk actions in Asia and the Pacific region. Some good practices identified in this report, as well as the case studies presented, would benefit any reader keen to address gender in climate change and disaster risk reduction.