Gender

Gender

Gender mainstreaming, gendered vulnerability, gender-sensitive disaster risk management.

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Six inspiring women have been selected as the finalists for the Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Rising Star Award 2023.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
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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.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
It is important to recognize that social vulnerabilities are not inherent individual traits, rather vulnerability stems from historic inequities over time that impact access to resources and marginalize people.
Conversation Media Group, the
Young woman and a child sitting at a market in Mauritania
As Africa gets hotter, mothers and babies are most at risk. Why is this and what can be done about it? Matthew Chersich, a specialist in climate change and maternal health, explains the reasons to health editor Nadine Dreyer.
Conversation Media Group, the
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2023
This briefing note seeks to assess how gender analyses have been used as countries advanced their NAP processes, the changes they contributed to, and the key factors that enabled those changes.
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
Young child standing inside the doorframe of a house in Madagascar, Africa.
Among the negative impacts of extreme weather events around the world is one that most people may not think of: an increase in child marriages.
Ohio State University
The security implications of climate change have been high up on the political agenda for several years now. The UN Security Council, for instance, discussed the risk associated with sea-level rise in February this year.
Toda Peace Institute
Flooded rice fields, Guangxi, China
Rural communities, often led by women, are using seed banks and traditional techniques to boost local crop diversity and food security
China Dialogue