Inclusion

During November 2015, there were two important events concerning Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) that resulted in sustainable changes to the role of people with disabilities in disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Vietnam, resulting in two Ministries setting up a DiCBRM technical working group at a national level...

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and UNICEF signed a joint work plan in Islamabad on 3 November to promote a child centred DRR approach in Pakistan. NDMA has taken up concrete steps to ensure that the voices of women and children are included in decision-making process and policy formulation at all levels of disaster management...

These non-UN language translations of the Sendai Framework have been made by partners in disaster risk reduction. Additional languages will be added upon availability.

Despite donors' willingness to provide funding, vulnerable countries worst hit by rising climate pressures such as droughts and floods often lack the capacity to implement, manage and oversee projects to help them cope, WaterAid said. 'Countries that are most in need of adaptation finance are also those that are least able to spend it,' said WaterAid analyst Louise Whiting...

Humanitarian situations and fragile communities are going to increase, and in the Pacific region, this will be compounded by population movements as the tentacles of climate change reach into the heart of personal and food security. Investment in the health, wellbeing and dignity of women, young people and children have a powerful role in shoring up the resilience of Pacific communities: we know what to do to ensure that no one is left behind...

Recognising the real and potential impacts of climate vulnerability on health systems as an immediate challenge in the Pacific, Ministers from Pacific Islands Countries this week issued a Kaila for strengthening climate resilience. The Kaila highlights the imperative of RMNCAH interventions in building resilience to climate change and disaster...

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction represents a ‘groundbreaking’ agreement that sets a new benchmark in efforts to strengthen inclusion.

Six months after the April earthquake that claimed 9,000 lives and impacted the lives of 8 million people, international child rights organisation Plan International says that the needs of children, especially girls, children with disabilities and marginalised youth, must take precedence as Nepal starts the long road to recovery...