Gender

This briefing note called upon all actors for a signifant 'reconstruction plus', providing a status as of 14 January 2005:  Almost three weeks since the tsunami disaster struck on 26 December 2004, more than one million people living in the Indian Ocean

These guidelines have been formulated to assist governments, the non state sector and civil society in dealing with women who have been affected by disaster. They are meant to be practical, easy to follow steps that need to be taken in responding to women

The "Strategy" emphasizes the benefits of entrusting the responsibility to groups of women and men of taking control of solving their water and sanitation problems at the local level, particularly slums which are highly deficient in water and sanitation

SEEDS pamphlet series, number 22, 2005:

The projects described in this pamphlet have been selected because they have served not only to strengthen women’s productive roles but also to integrate women into various sectors of social and economic

This issue addresses floods as among the most destructive natural hazards causing extensive damage to infrastructure, public and private services, the environment, the economy and devastation to human settlements. It advocates for better preparedness at

This brochure reports the activities of UNCRD, especially School Earthquake Safety Initiative (SESI), Housing Earthquake Safety Initiative (HESI) and Sustainability in Community-Based Disaster Management (CBDM) by Hyogo office.

This brochure provides background information on UN-HABITAT and its Water for African Cities (WAC) Programme, and the UN-HABITAT and Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) partnership. Fully aware of the burden placed on women and children in fetching water, and

This handbook sets forth standards for the integration of gender issues from the outset of a new complex emergency or disaster, so that humanitarian services provided neither exacerbate nor inadvertently put people at risk; reach their target audience