Welcome to the Gender and Mine Action Programme (GMAP) Gender
influences the exposure to landmines and explosive remnants of
war (ERW) and the risk of becoming a victim, the ability to
access medical and psychological services, long term
reintegration, risk education and awareness, and the likelihood
of getting employed in mine action. Due to their gender specific
roles and responsibilities, women, girls, boys and men are
affected differently by landmines and ERW and therefore need to
be assisted in different ways. Their mobility patterns often
mean that different age and sex groups hold different
information on contamination and might have different priorities
for survey and clearance. More about GMAP › The Gender and Mine
Action Programme (GMAP) provides advocacy, awareness raising,
research and technical assistance including training and
capacity building to assist Mine Action practitioners and policy
makers ensure that women, girls, boys and men as landmine/ERW
victims, survivors, families and members of