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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
Floods in South Africa: protecting people must include a focus on women and girls
When disastrous events like floods are combined with social inequities, their effects are much greater.
Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers
Risk, resilience and gender in the current Petrópolis tragedy
Women are more vulnerable to disasters because of their social roles, lack of access to resources and political marginalisation.
First come floods, then domestic violence. We need to prepare for the next inevitable crisis.
Incomes dip for South Asia's women home workers as heat rises
Alluvione: Girl power to combat floods in Indonesia
Gender inequality, earthquake and flood impacts in Albania
Taking into account women’s needs in recovery planning
What is gender inequality costing the Caribbean region?
Countries in the Caribbean are recovering from a recent volcanic eruption, coping with COVID-19, and preparing for the hurricane season. This case study highlights the work of the EnGenDER Project and the gender inequality studies carried out across eight countries to date.
From loss to leadership in Brazil
Women tackle local risk in flood-prone Rio de Janeiro community
Germany: Inaction on heat plans threatens health
UNDP strengthens the capacity of Dominica’s female farmers in disaster management
Cash handouts provide lifeline to vulnerable women in Viet Nam facing double impact of pandemic and flooding
Cash handouts provide lifeline to vulnerable women in Viet Nam facing double impact of pandemic and flooding