COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters

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

Heat stress management and gender-sensitive heat adaptation plans in Sri Lanka

Data collection in Colombo

Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers

Leaders call for collective action, elevating marginalized voices and women in decision making roles beyond COVID-19

During the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), UN Women hosted a side event entitled “Beyond COVID-19: Advancing gender responsive policies on climate, care and jobs for a sustainable and equal future”.

Incomes dip for South Asia's women home workers as heat rises

New data show women and girls far less likely to receive COVID-19 relief

Women and girls have disproportionately suffered the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19: lost jobs and reduced work hours, increased intensity of care and domestic work, and strains on their physical and mental health.

From victims to agents of change

How women recovered from the 2010 tsunami in Chile

Kwara, Nigeria: Young women leading the fight for greener and stronger communities during Covid-19

In the Kwara Kwara state of Nigeria, two young women have campaigned for resilient recovery from the pandemic and mobilised youth in the fight for greener, stronger and healthy communities. Azeez Abubakar reports.

Germany: Inaction on heat plans threatens health

Cultivating change: women farmers in Dominica find new paths to market amidst COVID-19 shutdowns

Women farmers have recently suffered significant loss of income as a result of overlapping disasters. This case study explores how women farmers are being connected to new outlets and market opportunities and supported to do more business online.

Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19

More attention should be paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement.

Women’s absence from COVID-19 task forces will perpetuate gender divide, says UNDP, UN Women

Open letter from the President of the Global Network of Women for Inclusive Disaster Risk Management to women leaders about Covid-19 and the exclusion of women and girls with disabilities

Kurigram, Bangladesh: Rural women forging together to deal with multiple crises

Latin American, Caribbean ministers commit to build back better and greener

Can SE Asian workers take the heat? Researchers tackle rising temperatures

Coronavirus shows how hard it is for ethnic minority and migrant women to access healthcare

Expert's take: The gendered impact of COVID-19 requires transformative changes in economic policies