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

The Women's Resilience to Disasters programme has been given the green light in Kiribati

Women are helping others build alternative livelihoods

Katarina has established a fish hatchery, as a source of juvenile fish for new farmers, helping build their resilience.

Women are advocating for inclusivity

"See me for my ability, not for my disability"

Counting Women in Fiji for risk-informed development

The importance of gender-responsive risk assessments for inclusive development planning

Climate justice means involving gender and sexual minorities in policy and action

A series of workshops in Indonesia and the Philippines have given a platform to LGBTIQ+ leaders

The struggle of a women-led business in Vanuatu

Vanuatu micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are facing parallel disasters

4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)

Palau upholds gender equality, social inclusion in disaster risk management

'You never know if you will be treated properly and with respect."

Men are advocating for women's economic empowerment

Semi believes that men have an important role to play in transforming the social norms that discriminate against women.

How some Pacific women are responding to climate change and natural disasters

Solomon Islands students ensure schools and communities are safe

Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids

Philippines: Early action helps women in farming communities vulnerable to drought

Gender and climate (in)security in the Pacific

Philippines: A climate-smart investment for female farmers

Launch of diversity and disaster monograph No. 3 from the Australian Journal of Emergency and the Gender and Disaster Pod