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Ensuring an all-of-society engagement and partnership for DRR through empowerment and inclusive, accessible and non-discriminatory participation, paying special attention to people disproportionately affected by disasters, especially the poorest.

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Disaster impacts and children welfare in West Java province, Indonesia

Working Paper Series No. 4, April 2015:

This study highlights knowledge gaps related to the impact of disasters on children as one of the vulnerable groups. The paper looks at West Java, with a case study in Bandung regency and Garut. West Java itself

Resilience Development Initiative
Women and girls need to be able to play their part in reducing disaster risk, for example by being involved in drills (Photo courtesy of AKF)
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Women the future of disaster risk reduction

Women and girls need to be at the core of disaster risk reduction, given that they often bear the brunt of climate change and hazards such as storms and floods, a United Nations human rights body heard today.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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UNDP Pakistan integrated approach to peacebuilding and disaster risk reduction

Recent years have brought immense suffering to the people of Pakistan through both natural disasters and a prolonged internal conflict. The effects of the conflict are felt throughout Pakistan but the epicentre lies in the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The compound impacts of internal conflict and disasters were particularly devastating for youth and women...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Beekeeper Ms. Precious Chaukura displays the honey she sells. Beekeeping is one method adopted by Zimbabwe's smallholders to offset the impact of drought on crops (Photo: UNISDR/Tawanda Majoni)
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Zimbabwe smallholders confront climate change

Zimbabwe has declared a state of disaster in the face of a regional drought, but smallholder farmers are tackling climate change head on by adopting new livelihood strategies to counter the adverse effects.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Gender and social vulnerability to climate change: a study of disaster prone areas in Sindh

This study investigates the gender dimensions of socio-economic vulnerability to climate change among rural communities of disaster prone areas in four districts of Sindh, Pakistan: Badin, Dadu, Thatta and Tharparkar. It consolidates the findings of the

Social Policy and Development Centre
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Mary Fran Myers Gender and Disaster Award: 2016 nominees sought

The Gender and Disaster Network and the Natural Hazards Center invite nominations of women and men, or gender and disaster-focused organizations who should be recognized for their efforts to advance gender-sensitive policy, practice, or research in the areas of disaster risk reduction. Theaward recognizes that vulnerability to disasters is influenced by social, cultural, and economic structures...

Gender and Disaster Network, the
Cyclone Winston has battered Fiji, but the toll could have been worse without the country's early warning system
Press release
UNISDR commends Fiji Government for its state of preparedness in face of Cyclone Winston

The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today extended his condolences to Fiji on the loss of life from Cyclone Winston and commended the government for its efforts to reduce mortality and the numbers of people affected by the strongest cyclone ever to hit the Pacific country.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Housing, land and property issues in Nepal and their consequences for the post-earthquake reconstruction process

This report presents a detailed and qualitative assessment of housing, land and property (HLP) challenges and implications for the post-earthquake recovery in Nepal. It examines how right holders are identified in Nepal, how plots are registered and managed, and which laws are applicable (and applied in practice) in the country.

CARE International
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