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Displaying 75 of about 191 resultsThe publication constitutes an initial step in documenting, collecting, and sharing gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and lessons learned from across the Arab States region, and covers disaster reduction initiatives aimed at reducing the impact of disasters on women. This compilation of best practices is the first of its kind in the Arab S…
2009 Sasakawa award call for nominations now open
Nominations are now open for the 2009 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction. Nominees should be individuals and institutions from around the world who have contributed to building the resilience of nations and communities to natural hazards through innovative practices and outstanding initiatives. Nomin…
The Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Voluntary Stakeholder Group for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab States, the UN Women Regional Office of the Arab States and the Arab Water Council, co-chairs of the Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Voluntary Stakeholder Group on Gender, DRR, Climate Change, and Migration in the Arab…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR), UN Women and UNDRR’s Regional Office for Asia and Pacific hosted an online discussion with some of the Asia-Pacific region's most accomplished women in the field. The event distilled decades of experience in governance and r…
Suva – In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with sudden and slow disasters, Fiji, the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) and Tuvalu are re-examining how their laws can be updated to better reflect the increasing complexity of disasters.
On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, the countries of the Pacific have had to deal with mult…
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, women leaders in the Pacific have been able to carve a larger space to bring the voices and perspectives of women and girls to the policy tables and influence disaster preparedness and response.
Ms Agnes Titus, of the Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation in Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, co…
Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá , 9 de marzo 2020 - Cuando la campesina Haydee Rodríguez habla, la gente escucha. Lo hacen porque su mensaje es poderoso: el valor de la comunidad en la reducción de riesgo y, más importante aún, el valor de las mujeres como líderes.
Rodríguez representa a la Unión Cooperativa Las Brumas, una organización de más de 2,500 mujere…
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Background
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associated environmental, human, economic and social losses. A r…
This brief addresses the impact of disasters in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC), which reinforce, perpetuate, and increase the gender inequalities, widening the gap between men and women in the world's most unequal region. It considers the regional trends, main challenges and future of disaster risk reduction and gender in the post-2015 age…
Watch the live eventCo-sponsored by: Australia, Norway, the Philippines, Peru, UNDRR, UNFPA and UN Women.Time13:15-14:30 GMT-5AboutThe “Gender Action Plan to Support Implementation of the Sendai Framework” (Sendai GAP) will be launched in New York on 18 March 2024 in the margins of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).The de…
This report highlights some of the key achievements of WIN DRR and the global momentum on women’s leadership in DRR to which the network has contributed. The Women’s International Network on Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) is opening doors, building connections, boosting morale and recognizing the achievements of women working in disaster risk re…
These six women are the finalists for the 2023 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Excellence Award, proudly sponsored by SM Prime.They have achieved exceptional professional success in disaster risk reduction over the course of their careers and were selected among more than 400 nominations received from across Asia and…
The Gender Action Plan to support implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai GAP) has been launched and is available now. The Sendai GAP aims to accelerate progress towards the mutually reinforcing goals of gender equality and the prevention and reduction of disaster risk by ensuring DRR efforts are gender-respo…
Dakar, Senegal - Parliamentarians from Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, the Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Togo, Kenya and Senegal, gathered for a ‘Consultative Meeting for West African Parliamentarians on Disaster Risk Reduction: An Instrument for Achieving Millennium Development Goals by 2015’ from 1-2 June 2010.
The Chair of the Parliamentarian Network on Dis…
Disasters affect men and women differently, and so we will continue to lobby for gender-sensitive vulnerability, risk and capacity assessments. Studies show that women’s vulnerabilities during and after disasters is linked to their role and status in society, making women and children 14 times more likely to die than men during a disaster.
At the same…