Study overview

In 2021, a consortium consisting of Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland e.V. (ASB), the Center for Disability in Development (CDD), Christoffel Blindenmission e. V. (CBM), the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and Malteser International (MI) commissioned a study on inclusive disaster risk reduction policies and practices in eight countries in Africa, Asia and South and Central America. The study describes progress, challenges and good practices in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and includes recommendations on how to make disaster risk reduction more disability-friendly.

This report entitled Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Disaster Risk Reduction describes the progress, gaps and good practices identified in disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policies and practices in eight countries assessed. The report also provides a brief regional analysis, and concludes with recommendations for disability-inclusive DRR projects.

This document has been elaborated with the purpose of designing a Regional Advocacy Plan, through civil society, to position the attention to drought, food and nutritional security and resilience of vulnerable families in the Central American Dry Corridor, and has been designed based on the implementation of a participatory advocacy methodology oriented towards civil society organizations working in drought risk management in the Central American Dry Corridor.

This Advocacy Plan has the objective of influencing -from the social organizations in the territories- the decision process within the framework of the Program: Food Security for the populations affected by climate change in Central America 2019-2022, to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants highly affected by food shortages and drought in the Dry Corridor.

This document is a Methodological Guide elaborated with the purpose of designing a Regional Advocacy Plan 2021, from the civil society, to position the attention to drought, food and nutritional security and resilience of vulnerable families in the Central American Dry Corridor, and has been designed based on the implementation of a participatory advocacy methodology oriented towards civil society organizations working in drought risk management in the Central American Dry Corridor.

This document has been elaborated with the purpose of designing a Advocacy Plan for El Salvador - 2021, from the civil society, to position the attention to drought, food and nutritional security and resilience of vulnerable families in the Central American Dry Corridor, and has been designed based on the implementation of a participatory advocacy methodology oriented towards civil society organizations working in drought risk management in the Central American Dry Corridor.

This document has been elaborated with the purpose of designing a Plan de Incidencia en Guatemala, from the civil society, to position the attention to drought, food and nutritional security and resilience of vulnerable families in the Central American Dry Corridor, and has been designed based on the implementation of a participatory advocacy methodology oriented towards civil society organizations working in drought risk management in the Central American Dry Corridor.

This document has been prepared with the purpose of designing an Advocacy Plan for Honduras - 2021, from the civil society, to position the attention to drought, food and nutritional security and resilience of vulnerable families in the Central American dry corridor and has been designed based on the implementation of a participatory advocacy methodology oriented towards civil society organizations working in drought risk management.

In recent years, several organizations and institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean have begun to give the necessary importance to the dialogue between disability and disasters. As a result of this concern, various resources and publications have been produced in Spanish over the last decade to promote inclusive disaster risk management. Below is a list of the publications that have been produced in Spanish in the region by members of the GIRDDD LAC network.

This basic guide, entitled "Your Rights Are My Rights Too," aims to provide basic tips and tools for human rights and development organizations to include the disability approach in their work (Part I). For a better understanding of this challenge, basic concepts and terminology concerning persons with disabilities are presented in Part II. In addition, it provides an overview of the situation of persons with disabilities in the world and in our region and describes the legal framework regarding the rights of persons with disabilities. Part II provides input and basic training on the rights of persons with disabilities.

This publication presents several interesting experiences on workplace inclusion of persons with disabilities. First, it presents the legal and regulatory framework on the subject in the Central American CA-4 countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua), although the good practices described are developed mainly in the latter two countries. It also describes the strategy of one of the leading companies in this area in the Central American region (Walmart) and the experience of Gureak (Basque Country, Spain), which was presented to key stakeholders in Honduras and Nicaragua as part of an activity of this EU-funded project.