To be truly gender-sensitive, it is necessary to address the concerns of persons of various sexual orientations including transgender persons. Transgender people are at a disadvantage in accessing resources, services and opportunities. In addition to social and economic vulnerabilities, the stigma and discrimination that they are subjected to, deprives them of many disaster mitigation/response programmes, hampering their ability to overcome the negative effects of a disaster.
To be truly gender-sensitive, it is necessary to address the concerns of persons of various sexual orientations including transgender persons. Transgender people are at a disadvantage in accessing resources, services and opportunities. In addition to social and economic vulnerabilities, the stigma and discrimination that they are subjected to, deprives them of many disaster mitigation/response programmes, hampering their ability to overcome the negative effects of a disaster.
['Women and other genders']