The effect of gender equality programming on humanitarian outcomes.

Major humanitarian emergencies over the past decade, such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Kashmir Earthquake, continue to highlight the importance of gender equality in emergency interventions.

Response and recovery programmes have been subject to criticisms about gender-insensitive and gender-blind practices that have worsened the situations of women and girls.

As a result, gender equality programming (GEP) has become more central to discussions about humanitarian intervention.