Myanmar: Earthquake – Gender Situation Report No. 1

This Situation Report was developed by the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA WG) and released on 9 May 2025. It is based on analysis and data voluntarily shared by GiHA members and their partners, highlighting emerging gendered risks, needs and gaps to inform humanitarian action following the earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March 2025.

Among its content, the report contains gendered-impacts and priority needs, and recommendations for gender-responsive humanitarian action.

Recommendations include:

• Prioritize gender-responsive shelter and WASH solutions – Emergency shelters must include safety features such as locks, lighting and privacy, and ensure that WASH facilities are sex-segregated and accessible to women, children, older persons, and people with disabilities.
• Urgently expand access to mental health and child protection services – Deploy mobile psychosocial support teams, rapidly scale up dignity kit distribution, and strengthen safe reporting systems and services for unaccompanied and separated children.
• Invest in local leadership and inclusive coordination – Prioritize partnerships with Women-Led Organizations (WLOs) and local actors with strong community ties as a central foundation of the response, and ensure their full integration into assessments, planning, and recovery coordination.