Gender

'Woman and girls are the pillars of resilience. They are the first to prepare their families for disaster and the first to put communities back together in the aftermath. It is not gender, but gender inequality put women and girls in harm’s way when disaster strikes. Therefore it can be said that women and girls are the invisible force of resilience’...

'We promote the growing of drought resistant crops like sorghum, millets, food processing and preservation among women and communities. The answer is irrigation and appropriate technology driven food production,' said Dr Olivia Muchena, Zimbabwean Minister of Women’s Affairs and Gender Development...

'It is clear from a development perspective, that disaster risk reduction is vital for building a more equitable and sustainable future,' said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Resident Representative and UN Resident Co-ordinator, Dr. Arun Kashyap...

UNDP will continue to support Rwanda, as the post-2015 agenda for disaster risk reduction takes shape. Firstly, UNDP has been working with Rwanda to build disaster risk reduction into its development planning, from the local to the national level. Where disasters strike, we also strive to help the country build back better, creating opportunities for more resilient development...

Gender expert Isabel Moya says women have special talents in terms of organising and empowering their communities during extreme events. She added, 'The strengths of women have helped transform traditional practices and dynamics, in environmental protection and risk management'...

This report provides input into the discussions at the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm and its special focus on water and food security. This report presents the latest thinking and new approaches to emerging and persistent challenges to achieve food

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 85, June 2012:

This issue presents articles covering different aspects of community-managed approach in disaster risk reduction context. Practitioners have shared learning from project implementation with disaster affected

'There's demand for a global reporting mechanism that will help us see what is the status of water security and how water is used around the world as a resource, whether in agriculture, industrial production or any other way,' Joakim Harlin, senior water resources advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) told Alertnet...