Updated website: the Gender and Disaster Network
The Gender and Disaster Network (GDN) has recently launched an updated version of its website: www.gdnonline.org which contains most recent resources and information in the gender and disaster field.
A more updated look with simple navigation tabs enhances users’ access to the contents available within the website. Aside from materials shared by its members, the GDN website utilises RSS feeds to gather relevant news and resources from the UN information networks, ReliefWeb and other organisational websites involved in promoting gender equality in disaster and emergency events.
The new website features a Resources area, which hosts the Gender and Disaster Sourcebook and the Knowledgebase which contains key resources, reports, practical guides and case studies on gender relations in disaster contexts.
The GDN is the first web presence to advocate for gender ‘mainstreaming’ in disaster risk reduction using the Internet. Its membership base of researchers, practitioners, and individuals geographically dispersed in more than 50 countries around the world, makes up the vibrant GDN online community.
The discussion list of the GDN is managed by the UN/ISDR and this phase of website development has been funded by the USAID/OFDA. It is currently hosted by the Disaster and Development Centre at Northumbria University.
GDN would like to thank all its many supporters for the help they have given to date.
To see the new features of the website and for information on getting involved with the Network either as member or sponsor of its activities, please visit www.gdnonline.org.