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Displaying 28 of about 28 resultsView event on LinkedinTime11:00 CET | 15:00 GMT+5 | 16:00 GMT+6AboutTake part in this fireside chat on UNDRR's account on LinkedIn to learn from the WIN DRR Award winners about their career challenges and successes. Ms Shaila Shahid, an expert on climate change policy and adaptation finance, as well as Ms. Abia Akram, a disability rights advocate, will…
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According to the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction in 20111, over 80% of economic losses are due to weather-‐related disasters. Climate change is altering the face of disaster risk, not only through rises in sea-‐level and temperatures, but also through increased socio-‐economic vulnerability resulting from water stress…
The Kenya national platform for disaster risk reduction, key partners including the Ministry of State for special programmes, UNISDR Regional Office for Africa, UNDP Kenya among others, will be observing the IDDR 12, under the theme 'Women and Girls - the [in]Visible Force of Resilience'.
The event will aims to highlight one of the strategic areas of i…
Grassroots women have mobilized to create and mainstream innovative practices to mitigate climate and disaster risks and institutionalize a holistic and integrated approach to resilience. In order to bring this change to their communities, they have built long-term partnerships with local, national and regional authorities, as well as other stakeholders…
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On the occasion of its 63rd session, to be held in Geneva from 15 February to 4 March 2016, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold a half-day of general discussion on gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction and climate change in the context of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of…
In Kenya, disaster losses are increasingly becoming a threat to people’s lives and livelihoods with disaster risk accumulating rapidly overshadowing the Government’s efforts to build resilience and sustainability in most regions. The scale of vulnerability and exposure to hazards and the resulting demand for humanitarian assistance is on the rise and wi…
Launch of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Women for Disaster Risk Reduction
Date: Wednesday October 13th
Time: 8:30 am (Panama time)
Registration: https://undrr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YeQadfEWToqbkqGvEOrR3w
To fill the survey: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccDIv3N2Kn2hHvukhVjuUQRtUQlJLNkxaUTB…
A group of Experts, men and women, on gender and disaster risk reduction, gathered at a meeting on 12-13 February in Geneva under UN/ISDR auspices, agreed on building a “Global Partnership for Mainstreaming Gender Concerns and Needs into Disaster Risk Reduction”. This Partnership will contribute to the ongoing long-lasting global effort to promote gende…
Women and Girls - the [in]Visible Force of Resilience - 2012 International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) Theme
The UN General Assembly decided to designate 13 October as the date to celebrate IDDR (resolution 64/200, 21 December 2009). This year it will be observed by the United Nations on Friday 12 October.
It does not imply that women and gi…
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is a day to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and to raise awareness about the importance of disaster risk reduction (DRR). For 2012, the theme of IDDR ‘Women and Girls: The inVisible Force of Resilience’ aims to highlight the role that women and girls play in ri…
Women market vendors overnight accommodation will be officially opened in Rakiraki, Fiji, by the Minister for Local Government, Urban Development, Housing & Environment. The event will also celebrate the inter-related UN observation days in October: International Day for Disaster Reduction, International Day for Rural Women, International World Food…
A side event at the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the theme “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes”.
Organized by UNDRR and co-sponsored the Permanent Missions of Australia, Indonesia, Norway, and…
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Women’s leadership brings essential knowledge, skills, resources and experience to emergency response and resilience building. When women are involved in the development and implementation of COVID-19 response plans they are more likely to consider the disproportionate impact that th…