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The Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) is designed to assist Participating States with implementing processes that result in safer and greener educational facilities. Its Toolkit comprises a policy that can be adopted by governments and Ministries of Education, tools for assessing the level of safety and greenness of schools, a template Emer…
Save the Children, in partnership with the C&A Foundation and C&A, has supported a global research programme focusing on children and on urban resilience. We have produced over 30 publications categorised into 10 research topics and 3 themes. In this animated video for children, Dev and Cam teach young viewers important key messages that came ou…
District Level stakeholders responsible for enhancing the disaster resiliency within the district.
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 138, November 2015:
This issue highlights the ways in which children's rights to safety can be upheld in India and how Disaster Management Planning are the instruments to accomplish this objective. Traditional knowledge of communities in reducing the risks of hazards is also discussed in this issue, and how the Sendai F…
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) which has provided a clear path for building resilience at the global, regional and local levels. It was the first important conference in India to be held after the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR…
A publication entitled “30 Innovations for Disaster Risk Reduction” was released at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held in Geneva in May 2019, which stated that only high-tech tools should not be considered innovative and useful; rather, an appropriate strategy is imperative to change the current global situation and tackle the complexi…
Facing high earthquake risks and seismically susceptible school building stock, Uzbekistan intervened with a nationwide assessment of all schools and seismically retrofitted or reconstructed all schools needing structural intervention, with the goal of reducing earthquake-related death and injury.
This case study is part of a series of case studies doc…
With a high natural hazard risk and lack of comprehensive policy addressing the wellbeing of children in emergencies, Philippines developed a comprehensive policy of supporting the security and well-being of children in emergencies and enacted the Children's Emergency Relief and Protection Act, so as to support the physical and psychological health of c…
The focus on “Child protection and children’s rights” draws attention to a particularly vulnerable section of the population. The number of children who have had to flee because of disasters, who were exploited, abused, injured, or even killed over the last few years is alarming. About one out of every four children worldwide lives in a country affected…
The Sendai Framework for Action (SFDRR) 2015-2030, adopted at the UN Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai, Japan in March 2015, iterated that youth are agents of change and should be given the space and modalities to contribute to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), based on legislation, national practice and educational curricula. …
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today began training 300 National Youth Service (NYS) trainees at as part of its action plan aimed at boosting the Government of Kenya’s (GoK) ground surveillance on desert locusts. An additional 300 trainees will participate in future capacity buildings exercises at t…
By Alex Broadbent, Director of the Institute for the Future of Knowledge and Professor of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, and Benjamin T H Smart, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg
Suppose you had the choice between two health policies, A and B. Policy A would result in the death of a lot of elderly people. Policy B woul…
This guidance note explores the key considerations for UNICEF country office staff when supporting child participation in local governance, with the focus on participation in local government structures and processes. The purpose of this note is to support UNICEF country offices to incorporate meaningful child participation in local governance. The guid…
According to the latest evidence, investments in safe schools provide economic returns for society and also contribute to economic recovery. They represent, then, a clear way to finance risk reduction initiatives in the education sector, and are also a direct contribution to the creation of more resilient societies.
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The 2019 World Tsunamis Awareness Day (WTAD) events in New York are part of the annual global campaign to raise awareness of the risk posed by tsunamis and the need to build more resilient and inclusive societies. As part of a multi-hazard approach to disaster risk reduction, participants will reflect on the importance of reducing tsunam…