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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

Women working in an agricultural field in the outskirts of Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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FAO report: Heatwaves and floods affect rural women and men differently, widen income gap

New study shows how the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in rural areas vary with gender, wealth and age.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
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Documents and publications

The unjust climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth

This report assembles an impressive set of data from 24 low- and middle-income countries in five world regions to measure the effects of climate change on rural women, youths and people living in poverty.
Women in Bolivia reconstruct the Temple on Isla del Sol using all hand tools
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The roles of women in disaster risk management: A Bolivian perspective

Emergencies and disasters do not affect men and women equally; according to the UNDP, women are 14 times more likely to die than men in the event of a disaster. Practical Action is works with Bolivian communities to decrease the gender gap amid disasters.
Flood Resilience Portal
Portrait of Goma Karki
Interview

Goma Karki: "DRR is a great space to learn, grow and give back to the community, so come be part of it!"

Goma Karki works as Project Manager for Youth Innovation Lab in Kathmandu, Nepal, leading the Nepali Yuwa in Climate Action and Green Growth (The Youth CAN) project.
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Rural women rising: How climate-smart agriculture is empowering women farmers and bridging gender divides in southern Zimbabwe

With access to irrigated land, training in climate-resilient farming, and a platform to sell their produce, women farmers in Zimbabwe are forging new paths for economic independence and sustainable agriculture.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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The all-women crew fighting Indonesia's peatland fires

Fires are a major threat to Borneo's people, forests, and wildlife. An all-female crew is combating them while changing attitudes towards women.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Portrait of Flora Vano
Interview

Flora Vano: “Women are the first responders. We put others before us so that no one is left behind.”

Flora Vano is the Country Manager of ActionAid Vanuatu, an organization that supports local women to become galvanizing and powerful community leaders, particularly in times of crisis such as disasters.
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Domestic violence is cost of climate change for Sri Lankan women

With drought and erratic rains depleting harvests, women farmers in Sri Lanka tell of beatings by husbands as incomes shrink.
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