Shifting the Power Coalition: Impact Assessment Report

Specifically, the assessment aims to answer the following questions: • What are the most significant changes that have occurred due to the work of the StPC to build the capacity of women leaders, including young women and women with disabilities, to engage in disaster planning and response? • What elements of the coalition’s work have made the biggest difference? • How has the Shifting the Power C. [...] While the first acknowledged the importance of addressing gender equality and ensuring gender-responsive approaches to disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action, the outcomes of the second meeting reflected a much deeper commitment to addressing gender and the 14 needs of young women and women with disabilities in their climate change and disaster risk reduction plans and strategies, and in. [...] This often centers on three factors: the capacity of members of a coalition to be good coalition members; the capacities within the coalition itself; and the impact that they have.2 The capacities of good coalition members include the skills and knowledge to be able to work collaboratively; a demonstrated commitment to the coalition; the ability to articulate what they contribute to the coalition,. [...] They described how they have been able to shape the priorities of the coalition, from the inception workshops to the present, including by participating the development of coalition strategies and plans, participating in monthly meetings, and voicing the needs of their constituencies and communities. [...] • Support the leadership of young women and women with disabilities over the long term: Continue to create opportunities to build the next generation of feminist leadership and the leadership of women with disabilities in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action by developing concrete strategies to engage them in the work over the longer term, such as through the project Pacific Young Women.