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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

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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.
Agrilinks
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
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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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Documents and publications

Integration of Protection, Gender, and Inclusivity (PGI) in Anticipatory Action - Indonesia

Plan Indonesia and PSBA UGM, supported by Plan International UK, developed an Anticipatory Action framework for flood control with the integration of PGI in Wowong village, Lembata district, Nusa Tenggara Timur province, Indonesia.
A mother-of-four from the Aban Jotar village, Sindh, Pakistan cradles her toddler while her husband works in the nearby fields,
Update

Pakistan launches major study on impact of heat on pregnant women and babies

As anecdotal evidence of low birth weight and pre-term labour increases, doctors are embarking on a first-of-its-kind study across Sindh to determine the effect of heat during pregnancy.
The Third Pole
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Extreme heat at work can double stillbirth risk, India study finds

Working in extreme heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage for pregnant women, according to new research from India.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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