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Designing, resourcing and implementing gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction policies, plans and programmes. raising awareness of gendered vulnerabilities of men, women and LGBTs, and promoting inclusion and leadership of women and gender minorities in DRR.

Latest Gender additions in the Knowledge Base

Dr. Tavida Kamolvej
Interview

Dr. Tavida Kamolvej: “Every country has to realize that disaster risk reduction has to be integrated every step of the way”

Tavida Kamolvej is is the Deputy Governor of Bangkok. She worked for 20+ years as a disaster specialist, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at Thammasat University and is a well-known Thai public policy professional.
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Documents and publications

Gendered impacts of heat waves and drought in Asia and the Pacific: A review in the context of el niño

This policy brief examines the impacts of heat waves and drought on women’s food security, economic productivity, and care work, and highlights the alarming occurrence of gender-based and sexual violence during climate-induced challenges.
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Documents and publications

Empowering women for effective climate change adaptation: The role of the private sector

Compiled from interviews by the Private Adaptation Finance component at GIZ and supplemented by desk research, this brief highlights the private sector’s potential to empower women as catalysts for climate adaptation.
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Protecting women farmers from climate risk in rural Kenya

Worldwide, women represent 43 percent of the agricultural labor force. However, a lack of access to land, financing, training and education among other factors place women farmers at a significant disadvantage.
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Soosan Momeni Mokoee portrait
Interview

Soosan Momeni Mokoee: “Even small preparedness actions can significantly reduce the impact of disasters”

Soosan Momeni Mokoee works as Shelter-WASH Coordinator for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in from Tehran, Iran.
Portrait of Regina Antequisa
Interview

Regina “Nanette” Salvador-Antequisa: “Disaster risk reduction is really the responsibility of all and we must do it in solidarity.”

Regina “Nanette” Salvador-Antequisa has had a very active and diverse career in DRR in the Philippines, mainly as Executive Director of the civil society organization ECOWEB (for ‘Ecosystems Work For Essential Benefits’).
OpenGov Forum 2024 participants on the scene
Update

OpenGov Forum 2024 brings together women leaders in Disaster Risk Reduction

Five women local government unit (LGU) officials convened for the first series of this year’s Open Government and Participatory Governance Forum, held on March 20, 2024, at Skydome, SM North EDSA, Quezon City, Philippines.
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) – National Capital Region
Krishna Karkee portrait
Interview

Krishna Karkee: “Women can drive the transformation towards a more resilient Nepalese society and nation”

A strong DDR leader in her home country Nepal, Krishna is happy to look back on her career: “Initially, I started working in the governance sector in Nepal to support the country’s democratization process".

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