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Advancing gender-transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific
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 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
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.
Building an enabling environment for addressing the gender inequalities of risk in Solomon Islands
Establishing coordination mechanisms and providing capacity development