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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 investigates the economic argument for investing in safe schools - programmes which include measures to protect children’s lives by building safe infrastructure and educating children around early warning, evacuation, and wider disaster risk

Plan International (PI)
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This paper explores the impact of climate change on livelihood options that affect migrant workers in Indramayu District, Indonesia. In this paper, migration is considered as an adaptation measure used by affected community members facing the challenges

Resilience Development Initiative
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Peace Boat arrived in Callao port to receive proposals from Peruvian children and youth, as part of an initiative intended to share experiences with Japan at a regional level in order to promote commitments through the production of resilience for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) to be held in Sendai, Japan...

Peru News Agency - Andina
A flooded church in Bangula, Nsanje District, southern Malawi. (Photo: Arjen van der Merwe/UNICEF)
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Lashed by torrential rains, Malawi and neighbouring countries are in the grip of a major flood crisis, with scores of lives lost, and over 600,000 displaced in Malawi alone.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Cities Prepare! considers disaster risk reduction from an urban perspective, with a focus on the cities of the Asia Pacific region. Part (1) of this report provides a situation summary of the region’s urban children, the factors contributing to their risk

World Vision International
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This issue outlines RDI activities from October - December 2014 with a profile of its lecture series in 2014 under the topic 'Resilience encompasses multi-discipline approach', towards fostering resilience for disaster risk reduction in communities. RDI

Resilience Development Initiative
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This report summarises the key findings and recommendations from the Y Care International supported Bangladesh YMCA project to carry out a youth-focused disaster risk reduction (DRR) pilot project in Bogra, Chittagong and Gopalgonj between 2013-14. The

Y Care International
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National policies and plans

This policy seeks to establish the guiding principles and architecture for disaster risk management (DRM) in Rwanda by presenting the institutional structures, roles, responsibilities, authorities and key processes, with the ultimate goal being to

Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs
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