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Gender
Addressing the gender implications of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and practice, raising awareness of gendered vulnerabilities of both men and women, and promoting gender-sensitive approaches to DRR.
Morocco: Successful community engagement for increased resilience
2 May 2012, GEF
Community-based adaptation in Morocco has proven to engage inhabitants of remote and vulnerable villages to take steps toward sustaining and improving their livelihoods while enhancing resilience to climate change. The inclusion of women and community-based organizations has been essential in both of these projects and their sustainability...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 4.2 [PDF, 102Kb]Social development policies and plans are being implemented to reduce the vulnerability of populations most at risk
- 37th Annual natural hazards research and applications workshop14-17 Jul 2012, United States of America (Broomfield, Colorado)
- Bhutan+10 - International conference - Gender and sustainable mountain development in a changing world15-19 Oct 2012, Bhutan (Thimphu)
- MA programme on sustainable urban governance and peaceUPEACE, Costa Rica (San José)
- Master of Disaster Management / Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management / Certificate Programme in Disaster ManagementDU
- Disaster risk management: the case of earthquakesUNIGE, Switzerland (Geneva)
Women leadership in disaster risk management2011, NIRAPAD; Oxfam Intl
Integrating gender into community based disaster risk management: training manual2010, AIDMI; ADPC; CDP; ProVention Consortium; UNDP
Vision de primera linea - Informe Chile 20112012, Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades, Chile - gov; ACHNU; Cruz Roja Chilena; GNDR
Disaster risk reduction: a global advocacy guide2012, IFRC
- Resilient women: women become change makers after 5 years of tsunami2010, GROOTS; SSP
- BBC World Debate: ‘Prevent or React’2009, BBC
- UNISDR YouTube channel2007, UNISDR
- Communication specialistThailand (Bangkok), ADPC
- Assistant country director - programmesHaiti (Port au Prince), GOAL
- Deputy director of programsPakistan (Islamabad and field sites), IRC
External Online Resources
- America Latina Genera
- Dialogue on climate change adaptation for land and water managment
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- Gender and Disaster Network (GDN)
- gendercc - women for climate justice platform for information, knowledge and networking
- The gender and disaster sourcebook
- Women preparing for disasters Bangladesh
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