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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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How to ensure inclusive early warning early action? Good practices and local innovations from Eastern Nepal that leave no one behind

In this policy paper, published by the Finnish Red Cross in November 2025, the Nepal Red Cross Society shows how effectiveness in disaster preparedness depends on the meaningful participation of groups in the most vulnerable situations.

PrepareCenter.org
Shinjuku area in Tokyo, full of shopping malls, electrical appliance stores, fashion stores, second-hand goods, and restaurants. It is the largest night entertainment area in Japan
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Patrick Cadwell
Japan’s changing DRR policy discourse and what it means for inclusion
The last two decades in Japan reveal a steady increase in the language of inclusion, and a more detailed consideration of how to engage foreign nationals in DRR. There is a lot of good to take away from this more inclusive DRR policy in Japan.
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Pious Mannah
Translating risk into local languages: lessons from Sierra Leone
The blog highlights how overcoming language and literacy barriers through translation, audio tools and gamified learning has strengthened inclusive disaster risk communication and community resilience in Sierra Leone.
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Documents and publications
Brief communication: Towards disability inclusive risk management

This brief communication reports findings from a pilot study in Tyrol, Austria, which assessed flood exposure and disaster preparedness in facilities serving people with disabilities.

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Documents and publications
Strengthening Early Warning Systems for All: Evidence and lessons from last-mile communities

This report synthesizes findings to examine why early warnings often fail to translate into timely, protective action - particularly for last-mile communities that are geographically isolated, socially marginalized, or economically vulnerable.

Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC)
Disability Screening Camp in Nepal
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Why disability screening matters for early action?

When we talk about early action, we often think of forecasts, warning systems, and advanced technology. But the truth is simpler and more urgent: early action fails if it does not reach the most vulnerable.

People in Need
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Documents and publications
Intersecting emergencies: Understanding emerging risks and inclusive futures

This report brings together this year’s work on digital exclusion, eroding rights, politicised governance, and climate impacts to show how these risks are converging and reshaping disaster risk reduction.

DRR Dynamics Ltd
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Before the storm: A review of how gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) is integrated into Anticipatory Action across Asia

The study aims to examine how GEDSI has been integrated into Anticipaty Action (AA) in the region, drawing from case stu­dies from Nepal, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Viet Nam to provide concrete insights into how GEDSI and AA can be integrated.

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)
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