ASB hosted a national workshop reflecting on inclusion within the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Jakarta, 29 March 2015. The workshop was attended by 51 invitees from government, NGOs and disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). Presenters inlcuded representatives of national and district government, DPOs and community members.
The first session reflected on commitments to inclusion within the Sendai Framework. Mr Sugeng Triutomo (Head of DRR Foundation and former National Disaster Management Agency, BNPB) described the journey to inclusion within the Sendai Framework that began in earnest with the Yogyakarta Declaration of the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR hosted by the Republic of Indonesia in 2012.
Mr Ridwan Yunus (Directorate for DRR, BNPB) outlined the commitments to inclusive-DRR made by the government of Indonesia including the important Head of BNPB Regulation on Disability and DRR No 14, 2014. Ms Stephanie Kusuma Rahardja (Head of Deaf DPO, Gerkatin, Yogyakarta) described her experiences of promoting inclusion and disability perspective in key events regionally, and internationally, in the run up to the Sendai Framework. In line with the Sendai Framework, all speakers emphasised the need for partnerships and collaboration to transform commitments to inclusive-DRR into action.
Findings from the ASB and Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney research and capacity building project on disability-inclusive DRR were also shared. This work was supported by the Australian Aid Development Research Award Scheme. Mr Bejo Riyanto (DPO, Rehabilitasi Berbasis Masyarakat, Bantul, Yogyakarta) drew on his experiences as a surveyor within the project and highlighted key findings; such as, the crucial relationship between access to basic education alongside prior participation in DRR activities as central to the resilience of persons with disabilities. The importance of more DRR actors ensuring the participation and important contribution of persons with disabilities in DRR was clear.
Ms Luciana Sobijiat (member of DRR Forum and DRR Team, Taileleu village, Siberut, Mentawai islands) described how, under an ASB programme supported by the German Federal Foreign Ministry, women in her village were now taking on roles that were traditionally seen as the preserve of men. Alongside challenging gender stereotypes by active involvement of women in commuity-based DRR, Ms Luciana also explained how traditional healers from her village were members of search and rescue and medical teams and so combining traditional knowledge and first aid to the benefit of indigenous communities.
ASB thanks all speakers for sharing their experiences and showing that inclusion in DRR builds the resilience of all.
ASB, in partnership with the Government of Indonesia, is highly appreciative of the generous support of:
Australian Aid
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in partnership with the Disability-inclusive DRR Network
German Federal Foreign Ministry
