This training manual on gender mainstreaming in disaster risk management is commissioned under the Government of India - United Nations Development Programme (GOI - UNDP) Disaster Risk Management Programme (DRM) Programme. This manual is authored by Mangathai Ramisetty, Genderspecialist and Nandita Hazarika State Project Officer Assam of GOI - UNDP DRM programme. The peer reviewers are Madhavi Malalgoda Ariyabindu, Programme Officer, Regional Support Unit, UNISDR; Anju Pandey, Gender Consultant; Meenakshi Kathel, Gender Analyst UNDP India; Caroline Borchard, Regional Risk Reduction Associate, BCPR - South and South West Asia Region; Balaka Dey, Programme Associate GoI - UNDP DRM programme; M.P. Sajnani, Expert, Disaster Risk Reduction.