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.

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.

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

From loss to leadership in Brazil

Women tackle local risk in flood-prone Rio de Janeiro community

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

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

Women more likely than men to suffer psychological distress from having their homes flooded

Natural hazards and child marriages: A case study from Bihar

Nepal: Why more women die in disasters

Women bear the brunt of most disasters in Nepal because the outmigration of men from the countryside.

How mangrove trees are sowing the seeds of female empowerment in Vietnam

The gender and age dimensions of floods and drought in Malawi

Understanding the gender and age inequalities of risk

Cabo Verde: Solar panels help communities adapt to drought

Disaster risk reduction: Avoiding the inevitable

Growing rice and resilience with women in Mali