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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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Nepal: Monsoons pose serious health and sanitation threat to quake-affected children - Plan

'After the earthquake, existing water facilities and household toilets were damaged, many beyond repair. Without access to sanitation and hand washing facilities, or safe and clean drinking water, the risk of infectious and water-borne diseases becomes a very worrying reality,' said Bryneson...

Plan International (PI)
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 is the global blueprint to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk.

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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Chart of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

These easy look-up charts outline the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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A framework to understand the relationship between social factors that reduce resilience in cities: application to the City of Boston

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2015), Volume 12, June 2015, Pages 53–80, pp. 53–80, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.12.001:

This research paper focuses on developing a replicable, practical approach to understanding the complexity of social

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Three months after the earthquake: Nepal needs long-term international aid

'Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries,' says Oliver Hochedez, Emergency Relief Coordinator at Malteser International. 'We show people how they can improve their situation for themselves, and how we can work together in the rebuilding. They know their own country better than anybody else and we make use of that knowledge – for example, when it comes to the design of buildings and houses'...

Malteser International
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Africa: Partnership agreement to strengthen the Sahel’s most vulnerable communities

The creation of a ‘resilience measurement platform’ dedicated to analysing communities’ exposure to risks and their ability to withstand shocks is at the core of the partnership. Other priorities include the development of policies and practice to strengthen the resilience of the region’s pastoralists, partnership on disaster risk reduction, management and governance of natural resources...

Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
SRSG Margareta Wahlström: 'The Sendai Framework pays amplified attention to the issue of disability.'
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Breaking down barriers

Speech of SRSG Margareta Wahlström, 11 of June 2015, on the 6th meeting of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Conference of States Parties, Eighth session

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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UNDP tips Malawi on resilient recovery

'The goal now must be to see that actions follow words and that recovery efforts... take into account existing social vulnerabilities and strengthen the capacity of people. At UNDP we say 'If it isn't risk informed, it isn't sustainable' ' said UNDP Administrator, Helen Clark, adding that recovery must be informed by assessments of climate and other disaster risks...

Malawi News Agency
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