What is the Sendai Gender Action Plan?

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

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.

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.

Beyond COP27: Pacific Women Leaders on why women and girls must be included in climate solutions

We spoke to four Pacific Women Leaders, delegates to the recent global United Nations climate change negotiations and advocates in their communities, about the impact of climate change on women and girls in the region, and why it matters so much that their experiences shape climate action.

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

Pacific women pave the way for gender-responsive resilience

A press release from the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

UN Women Official Statement for the APMCDRR2022

UN Women is grateful to the Government of Australia and UNDRR for co-hosting the 2022 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters

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

7th Global Platform for DRR official statement by Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women

Speech: agreement on action for a just, safe and sustainable planet

Closing remarks by United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous to the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 25 March 2022

UN Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms women's and girls’ leadership as key to address climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction for all

UN Women Executive Director re-ignites ambition for Generation Equality by sharing her bold vision for the future at CSW66

On 16 March, at a high-level dialogue against the backdrop of the 66th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous gathered with Action Coalition Leaders and global Generation Equality actors to ref

Amplifying the voices of women: Towards a gender-responsive midterm review of the Sendai Framework

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

COP26: why education for girls is crucial in the fight against climate change

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 are working together to increase resilience

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