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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsA report of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
Focusing exclusively on natural disasters, this report reviews the knowledge and practice gains that promote a more rapid and equitable recovery for children and youth through collaboration and established partnerships at all levels: federal, state, tribe, territory and local governm…
Children, a priority in disaster emergency management and response.
UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate on the development of more resilient communities, states and regional actors in preparation for disasters or emergenci…
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This course is designed to bring together key skills to mainstream inclusion into organisations and the wider humanitarian sector. The course builds capacity through building training skills on Sphere and increasing current knowledge on Gender, Age and Disability and supports understanding of ADCAP Minimum Standards for Age and Disabil…
This guidance presents Red Cross and Red Crescent staff, members and volunteers with a set of minimum standards for protection, gender and inclusion (PGI) in emergencies. It aims to ensure that the emergency programming of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and National Societies provides dignity, access, partici…
Seventy-three young people marked their entry into adulthood Jan. 10 in the first such ceremony held in their hometown here since the 2011 nuclear disaster. The Coming-of-Age Day ceremony was for those who turned or will turn 20 years old by April 1. It was held a day earlier than traditional ceremonies scheduled for across Japan.
They had all just att…
This predominantly qualitative research into long-term disaster resilience identifies what helps and hinders individual and community resilience in disasters. It documents the experiences and wisdom of 56 disaster survivors nine years after the 2009 Black Saturday fires and up to 50 years after earlier fires and floods in Victoria, including the 1983 As…
This report presents an overview of the current situation in the 14 most affected districts by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake and UNICEF's work with children and their communities to ensure reconstruction with resilience.
Six months after the Nepal earthquakes, the frequency of aftershocks has decreased, and the country has slowly begun to move towards reco…
Every year people and communities across Australia are impacted by emergencies and natural disasters. The Diversity in Disaster conference, to be held in Melbourne, Australia on 17-18 April, will bring together Australian and international emergency services professionals and researchers to help build understanding around the unique risks and vulne…
With children still traumatized and families struggling to prepare for winter, UNICEF is helping to provide psychosocial support and relief supplies following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan on 26 October.
Taloqan, Afghanistan – “I am scared. I don’t want to come to school alone,” says 10-year-old Samira, a student at the Bibi Haje…