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.
Here are five ways countries ensure persons with disabilities are not left behind when the next disaster strikes.
These guidelines provide practical guidance and effective tools for humanitarians and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate essential actions for
This report is an account of four years of grassroots activism, from the aftermath of Japan’s 3/11 earthquake and tsunami to the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), held in March, 2015 in Sendai, a city severely damaged by 3/11. The report documents the efforts of activists from their initial direct help for the victims of 3/11, including addressing the acute and unnecessary suffering of women in the evacuation centers, to later focus on planning and reconstruction policy reform at all levels of government in Japan.
Four months after the devastating April 25 earthquake, the delayed return of migrant family members has become a major concern for Nepal`s households with external migrants. Recent studies show that low levels of disaster preparedness amongst migrant households (as well as non-migrant households) are an indication that simply having an inflow of cash is not sufficient, reports Zee News...
The Policy Brief is primarily aimed at a human rights audience, and intends to both inform human rights policymakers and provide guidance on how international human rights law, institutions and mechanisms might contribute to more effective, just and
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 7, No 1 (2015), 7 pages. doi: 10.4102/jamba.v7i1.148:
This article, based mainly on qualitative desk research and document analysis, aims to illuminate the specific vulnerability of children to hazards and
UNISDR has added new momentum to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international plan to curb deaths and economic damage caused by natural and man-made hazards.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
This report looks at the use of insurance as a risk management tool in agrarian and poor communities in the Asia-Pacific region, highly vulnerable to climate change. Insurance has been increasingly advocated both by the climate change adaptation and
This brief describes violence against women and girls (VAWG) prevention and response measures to be taken into account in disaster management projects. It also highlights a number of promising practices based on previous experiences with VAWG prevention
World Bank, the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University
