Publication Date
2019
80 p, ill
This report evaluates existing policies and practices on how older people have been excluded from data in disaster preparedness and humanitarian responses in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
In order to evaluate existing policies and practices in the collection of inclusion data, the research employed two main methods: a review of documents and a survey. The review of documents was conducted in three stages: a global literature review, followed by a policy review and a practice review. The survey analysed the responses of 72 respondents from 10 countries .
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Keywords
Development/ Humanitarian; inclusive disaster response; inclusive disaster risk reduction; inclusive emergency preparedness and planning; natural disasters; Disability and social diversity; elderly; Global picture; disability indicators and data; Research; data analysis; data collection; disability studies