11/10/2022 | Opening | Keynote |Panel Multi-Crisis: Humanitarian challenges and feminist solutions

Humanitarian challenges and crises are increasing, developing new dynamics and becoming more complex - and, as a result, humanitarian needs are also rising. Women and girls are most vulnerable to these compounding challenges and multi-crises, as they are hit hardest by the growing impacts. For example, women and girls are 14 times more likely to die than men during a disaster, due to a range of factors.
The effects of these challenges and crises on the safety, mental health and psychosocial well-being of women and girls deserve far greater recognition in the humanitarian system. Understanding the scale and compounding effects of multi-crises on women and girls is essential for having an effective and holistic approach in place. There is also a need to acknowledge the potential of women and girls in promoting resilience and preventing distress.
This panel discussion will consider different perspectives on feminist approaches for the humanitarian system, outline the existing gaps and analyse a joint way forward. The high-level speakers will engage in a dynamic conversation about which mechanisms a feminist approach could offer, in terms of developing solutions or even helping to prevent further humanitarian crises, and what this means for the humanitarian principles.
Host:
Aarathi Krishnan | Expert on Feminist and Decolonized Futures and Institutional Transformation
Speaker:
Susanne Fries-Gaier | Humanitarian Director at Germanys’ Federal Foreign Office
Bolormaa Nordov | Secretary General, Mongolia Red Cross
Dr. Lina Abi Rafeh | Women’s Rights Expert and Gender Equality Advocate