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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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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,
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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)
Portrait of Shaila Shadid
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Shaila Shahid: “Women are the faces of resilience. They are the invisible force for transformative change.”

In 1991, a young student in her home country of Bangladesh, Shaila Shahid experienced one of the deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded.
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Gender Action Plan to support implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (Sendai GAP)

The Sendai GAP aims accelerate progress towards the mutually reinforcing goals of gender equality and the prevention and reduction of disaster risk by ensuring DRR efforts are gender-responsive, and promote and support women’s empowerment and leadership
A group of Indian women sitting in colourful dresses on the floor in Bihar.
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What is the Sendai Gender Action Plan?

The Sendai GAP aims to accelerate implementation of the Sendai Framework by substantially increasing resource allocations, activities and impacts of gender-responsive DRR and substantially decreasing gender-related disaster risk by 2030.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Gender equality and climate change: Background note to the climate change and development report

This policy brief aims to contribute to the discussion on how gender equality can become an integral part of green economy strategies in Egypt and how equal access for women and men to decent green jobs can be enhanced.
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Climate change remains worse for women and girls — but it doesn’t have to be

International Women's Day is an opportunity to highlight how, unless significant action is taken, climate injustices towards women will only continue, Salomé Lehtman writes.
Flood Resilience Portal

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