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Women's role in disaster risk reduction

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On the occasion of the Conference on gender and disaster risk reduction in Beijing, China, from 20-22 April 2009, Sri-Lanka Disaster Management Minister, Mahinda Samarasinghe, talks about the role played by women in disaster risk reduction and how gender issues have to be linked to the sustainable development goals nations want to achieve.

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