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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.

Here are five ways countries ensure persons with disabilities are not left behind when the next disaster strikes.

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This report discusses the results of 6,500 one-on-one interviews with 47 countries, asking them to rank what is important for them and their families, according to the MY World survey, and what they wanted world leaders to do about violence against

ChildFund Alliance
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'Our aim was to keep people notified of potential dangers,' said the Peraliya Community Early Warning Centre manager Roshan Waduthantri. A new global plan to reduce the risk of disasters, due to be adopted in Japan this month, will state that children and youth should be given the space and means to contribute to keeping their communities safe...

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This document presents a methodology on resilient practices developed by the Community Resilience Project implemented in Latin America and Caribbean region. The methodology consists of four key elements: Disaster Risk Reduction, Violence Risk Reduction

World Vision International
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This policy brief proposes a simple framework for advocating for the inclusion of children’s rights, needs and priorities for risk reduction.

It begins with a framework for action, a brief summary of advocacy points for both the post-2015 development

Plan International (PI)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
World Vision International
Save the Children International
Children in a Changing Climate
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This document summarizes World Vision's policy, in partnership with key child-centred organizations, for the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in their advocacy for the inclusion of children and their needs in the post-2015 Framework

World Vision International
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This policy orients WFP in its activities to reduce disaster risk and build resilience through an approach that is consistent with WFP’s mandate, mission and comparative advantages and with the Hyogo Framework for Action. WFP’s disaster risk reduction

World Food Programme (WFP)
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This document reports on the outcomes of the assessment framework for urban resilience implementation in World Vision project sites in Bangladesh, Indonesia and China. The framework offers a systematic and pragmatic approach to assessing urban resilience

World Vision International
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The role of volunteerism, in general, and mobilizing and managing volunteers, in particular, are important components of any disaster risk management strategy that aims at fostering community recovery, strength and resilience in vulnerable areas...

United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
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