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.
'Cyclone Pam is a devastating but timely reminder that there is no time to lose in making ambitious global commitments to reducing the risk that disasters pose to populations everywhere, and particularly to poor and marginalised in local communities all over the world,'...
'Displacement is clearly one of the key challenges to be adequately addressed in the post-2015 Framework and conclusions of the consultations the Swiss/Norwegian Nansen Initiative held in the five regions persistently reiterate it', Mr. Arno Wicki, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division with the Swiss Government, summarised the debate between representatives from governments and international organizations...
Granting property rights to slum dwellers is a key tool for reducing the risk of disasters striking such communities, Egypt’s Minister of State for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements Laila Rashed Iskandar said today.
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Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shinzo Abe today announced that boosting women’s leadership in disaster risk reduction would be a key element of the country’s new programme of international support.
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IOM Director General William Lacy Swing is calling on the world to include migrants and displaced persons in disaster risk reduction policies and practices ahead of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction...
For the United Nations Population Fund a successful outcome [in Sendai] is one that calls for investing in the "shock absorbing" capacities of countries and resilience building. These measures protect the right to sexual and reproductive health, ensure accountability for human safety and well-being, and take into account the special needs of women, ensuring their participation in decision-making for reducing risk and saving lives now and for generations to come...
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, called on governments meeting in Sendai, Japan, later this week to tackle displacement as part of a new global plan to reduce disaster risk worldwide. ...'The world has a unique opportunity at Sendai to prevent millions of people from losing their homes by more robustly linking displacement risk with disaster risk reduction plans,' said IDMC director Alfredo Zamudio...
Experts want gender to feature strongly in the final text of the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, due to adopted at the looming Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
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