COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters

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

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.

Disaster risk reduction: Avoiding the inevitable

We can’t rid Asia of natural disasters. But we can prepare for them

Building towards people-centric early warning systems in the Caribbean

Pakistan: National Disaster Management Act 2010 amended to cover women and children in catastrophes

With warning drums and river clean-ups, Indonesian women head off disasters

Women often suffer worst when floods or earthquakes hit - but given the right resources, they are well-placed to protect their communities

Connecting with the people beyond the computers: my experience in flood risk management in Buenos Aires

Weather forecasts are helping Zambian women farmers

Flood early warning systems from a gender lens

Disaster-proofing Cambodia: new phase of disaster resilience work gets underway

Percepción de riesgos en Cuba con enfoque de género

In Tajikistan, migrant wives lead preparedness and response

UNDP: USD 3.64 million grant approved by Japan in support of local-level resilience and disaster preparedness in Serbia

Australia: Researchers investigate the impacts of bushfires on the Blue Mountains LGBTI community

Changes afoot to ensure gender aware climate change policies in the Pacific Island countries and territories

ADB to provide 35 mln USD to Cambodia for drought, flood mitigation

Investments in disaster risk management essential to sustaining growth and reducing poverty