Gender

On the International Day for Disaster Reduction, Ines Smyth argues that a gendered approach is the best way to ensure effective DRR. 'This is an opportunity to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of DRR'...

'Women and young women play a major role in times of disaster. They are the ones often responsible for managing disaster preparedness in the home and community,' said Uha Fifita, from the Rainbow Women’s Network...

'A focus on children can help create a sense of urgency around the need to analyse and address hazards and risks, as well as provide a long-term perspective as children grow up,' says John Abuya, ActionAid’s expert on Disaster Risk Reduction....

This report focuses on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the context of the development process. It considers gender equality as a core development goal in itself, and argues that gender equality matters for the pace of development. It

La directora del Instituto Estatal de las Mujeres, Leticia Torres Pulido, resaltó la importancia de este trabajo, junto con Protección Civil, al señalar que la integración del enfoque de la equidad de género en la gestión de riesgos de desastres, según Milenio...

In an interview for Republica, Shoko Noda, the newly appointed country director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Nepal, says UNDP has added disaster risk reduction as one of the core areas in their portfolio...

Each newsletter in this FAO Regional Emergency Office for Southern Africa (REOSA) series for DIPECHO/ECHO Food Security Partners introduces a specific disaster risk reduction (DRR) food security project, presents country updates and upcoming meetings.

Disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific, working paper series no. 24:

This note explores some of the underlying issues that are linked to gender and vulnerability to natural disasters and offers examples of how to address some of these