Evidence for Integrating the Gender Perspective into Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management in Mexico

Disasters in Mexico are not only environmental but also deeply social. Their impacts are magnified by structural inequalities – poverty, gender-based violence, and unequal access to resources. Women, in particular, face disproportionate risks: 70.1% of Mexican women aged 15 and older have experienced violence, and their labor force participation rate (46%) remains far below that of men (76.3%). These structural inequalities heighten vulnerability before, during, and after disasters, exacerbating physical, social, and economic insecurity.