National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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Pacific Risk Profile is a snapshot of climate and disaster risk information that is collected from credible open data sources. It is intended to provide DFAT program managers and implementing partners with easy access to essential risk information.

This report, as part of an emerging body of literature, shows that the humanitarian and DRR systems often fail to acknowledge or address the discrimination, violence and exclusion experienced by people with diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities

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The disaster risk reduction status report provides a snapshot of the state of disaster risk reduction in the the Republic of Vanuatu under four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

This paper draws upon evidence of informal community resilience in six rural-to-urban migrant communities in two Melanesian capital cities: Port Vila, Vanuatu and Honiara, Solomon Islands. These research findings demonstrate extensive and increasingly

In response to persistent challenges of gender inequality in Vanuatu, the government introduced a National Gender Equality Policy (NGEP) in 2016. The policy lapsed in 2019, and a second phase (NGEP 2) will be implemented for the period 2020–2024.

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Disability stakeholders in Vanuatu and Australia collaborated to implement a research project which would identify the consequences of this absence.

This paper analyses the 2017-2018 eruption of Ambae volcano, Vanuatu, which caused the entire population of the island (~11,700 people) to be evacuated off-island, as this event presents a valuable opportunity to learn from a large-scale forced migration

This report evaluates Oxfam America's program for "strengthening community preparedness, rapid response and recovery in Asia/Pacific Islands and Central America", implemented in two regional programmes (The Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, El

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