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GENEVA, 15 July 2014 - The lack of privacy for women in emergency shelters – managed by men - following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami was cited today as an example of how gender issues can be overlooked in disaster risk management as civil society took centre stage at preparatory talks in Geneva on the Third UN World Conference on Disaste…
GENEVA, 23 June 2014 – The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today announced it is seeking nominations for the 2015 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, now in its 24th season, for individuals or groups of people providing extraordinary leadership in creating a safe, healthy, wealthy and resilient future for the planet.
“There is pl…
The MENA DRR Network meeting will review and discuss global and regional processes and events contributing towards the Post-2015 framework for DRR (De-briefing 2nd Arab Conference on DRR of September 2014 and 2nd WCDRR PrepComm and next steps). Other agenda items are a discussion on joint roll-out of the UN Plan of Action on DRR for Resilience, UNV's ta…
MADRID, 7 October 2014 - Scientists can, and should, play a greater role in the international effort to reduce the prevalence and impact of disasters, Margareta Wahlström, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNISDR told a conference.
But this will only happen when there is greater demand for scie…