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Blogs 4 January 2024

Advancing gender-transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific

Blogs 17 September 2023

Empowering Female Entrepreneurs: Overcoming Climate Change Challenges

Climate change is an urgent global challenge that demands immediate action. Its impact is felt across various aspects of our lives, from extreme weather events to the depletion of biodiversity and rising sea levels.

Case studies 8 August 2023

Vani Vakatalai: Leading Women in the Community

Vani Vakatalai, District Officer for Tavua in the Ministry of Rural & Maritime Development & Disaster Management, participated in the National Emergency Response Team (NERT) training organized by the Fiji Government, National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and supported by the Women’s Resilience to Disasters (WRD) Programme.

News 14 February 2023

UN Women and the Youth Leaders and Young Professionals (YLYP) Network host event highlighting the role of youth and digital technology for women’s resilience

In the lead up to CSW67, youth activists advanced their key asks related to digital technology to build women's and girls' resilience to disasters

Blogs 11 August 2022

COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters

Author Martha Keswick creates books to help children and youth prepare for disasters.

News 9 February 2022

Launch of a “one-stop-shop” for all gender-related disaster and climate resilience knowledge

UN Women in partnership with the Australian Government, launches the Women’s Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub

Women's perspectives 12 October 2021

Women are working together to increase resilience

Seruwaia advocates for knowledge sharing and working together to build resilience.

Women's perspectives 12 October 2021

Women are facilitating community training

“I try to assist the community in the outer islands to build their resilience against climate change by facilitating trainings."

Women's perspectives 29 September 2021

Women are building the capacities of others to reduce risks

Goundo is working to build women’s capacity to secure their environmental rights and protects their nature-based livelihoods.

Interviews 29 September 2021

Fatoumata Goundo Sissoko

Meet Goundo, who is dedicated to building women's capacity in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, capitalising on existing skills and knowledge.

Case studies 1 August 2021

Building women's resilient businesses in Vanuatu

Can an island rise and recover from a cyclone swell through targeted support to women’s owned businesses?

Case studies 1 June 2021

Building an enabling environment for addressing the gender inequalities of risk in Solomon Islands

Establishing coordination mechanisms and providing capacity development

News 6 April 2021

UNDP strengthens the capacity of Dominica’s female farmers in disaster management

News 15 December 2020

In Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction, women masons are breaking gender barriers

News 8 September 2020

Turkish and Syrian women manifest solidarity to respond to COVID-19

News 17 December 2019

How mangrove trees are sowing the seeds of female empowerment in Vietnam

News 26 August 2019

'Water women' quench thirst of central India's parched villages

News 4 February 2019

Why we need to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment in disaster recovery – and how to do it!

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