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Bangkok - Families hit by Nepal's recent earthquakes risk losing their babies to hunger and disease over the next year unless they receive long-term help to boost their incomes and rebuild their homes, experts said.
United Nations food security expert Jeffrey Marzilli said he feared a huge toll of "deaths from economic deprivation"…
This working document presents key considerations to ensure gender equality and women empowerment principles inform the transition process and reconstruction planning after the 2015 Nepal earthquake. The guidance is informed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) commitments to mainstream gender in humanitarian action, Government of Nepal relevan…
By Maherin Ahmed
During the rainy monsoon months, up to 70% of Bangladesh gets inundated, making it tough for coastal communities to rebuild their lives.
Royganj Upazila, Sirajganj – Holding a makeshift soil leveler with one hand, directing her peers with the other, Sima Rani Das stood ankle-deep in mud along the roadside. “Everybody make sure to drin…
ActionAid Deputy Executive Director Michelle Higelin says that women's organizations in Vanuatu are well-equipped with community networks and mobilization skills, reports Deutsche Welle. "Unfortunately, what they lack is the access to resources to really scale-up their efforts," she told Deutsche Welle.
"In every disaster, we see women make up the majo…
Researchers had the unique chance to measure the "happiness" of vulnerable New Orleans residents before and after Hurricane Katrina, reports Fast Company. The results are uplifting. Through the Resilience in Survivors of Katrina "RISK" Project, researchers looked at the pre- and post-disaster levels of happiness among 491 of the survey participants, all…
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National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in partnership with the World Bank (GFDRR), Washington offers a series of Online Courses on Disaster Management.
The aim of these programmes is to raise the level of awareness and preparedness as well as to enhance analytical skills and professional competencies of different key stakeholders…
This report presents the results of a series of assessments undertook by Care International in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in three drought affected provinces between September and October 2015 in order to better understand the needs and capabilities of affected communities. In parallel to the needs assessments, CARE PNG did a rapid gender analysis on the di…
By Jessica Lomelin
Kathmandu, Nepal – Six months after the April earthquake that claimed 9,000 lives and impacted the lives of 8 million people, international child rights organisation Plan International says that the needs of children, especially girls, children with disabilities and marginalised youth, must take precedence as Nepal starts the long ro…
WCDRR highlights for Sunday, 15 March 2015, issue #2:
The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction opened on Saturday in Sendai, Japan, attended by approximately 20 Heads of State and Government, many country delegations, and 8,000 participants. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe and many other dignitaries…
GENEVA, 18 August 2015 – UNISDR has added new momentum to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international plan to curb deaths and economic damage caused by natural and man-made hazards.
The 'Words into Action' process, launched today, will gather experts from around the globe to shape by the end of 2016 a…
This photo book presents UNDP's work with the Government and other stakeholders in Kenya to find and facilitate implementation of sustainable solutions to minimize disaster impacts in the country. Featuring several projects, it illustrates some of the areas in which UNDP support the Government and People of Kenya to: (i) support the country in developin…
These guidelines provide practical guidance and effective tools for humanitarians and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate essential actions for the prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence (GBV), accross all stages of disaster and emer…
This report is an account of four years of grassroots activism, from the aftermath of Japan’s 3/11 earthquake and tsunami to the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), held in March, 2015 in Sendai, a city severely damaged by 3/11. The report documents the efforts of activists from their initial direct help for the victims of 3/11, inc…
This report presents good practices in the promotion of economic empowerment of women in the post-disaster situations through entrepreneurship development in Japan and the Asia Pacific region. It discusses what contributed to the successful achievements of the projects from a gender perspective, drawing lessons for collective learning.
This case study looks at the gender dimensions of two projects supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Sri Lanka: the North East Coastal Community Development Project (NECCDP) and Component B of the Tsunami-Affected Areas Rebuilding Project (TAARP). Given the scope and scale of operations of both projects, this study focuses on the community de…