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

Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls

Meet Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, the Regional Representative of the Shifting the Power Coalition in Fiji.

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

Australia: Domestic violence increase during disasters

Thirty percent of women experience domestic violence in various circumstances but the rate increases during disasters

First come floods, then domestic violence. We need to prepare for the next inevitable crisis.

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 improving their access to resilient infrastructure

Esther, who works with the Red Cross, is helping communities in Kiribati build forward better.  

The struggle of a women-led business in Vanuatu

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

How climate finance can address violence against women and girls

Why should local disaster-risk-reduction-strategies wear gender lens for girls’ safety?

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.

Pacific women shut out of disaster management - advocate

Solomon Islands students ensure schools and communities are safe

How do we keep family violence perpetrators ‘in view’ during the COVID-19 lockdown?

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

Australia: Domestic violence will spike in the bushfire aftermath, and governments can no longer ignore it

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

Philippines: A climate-smart investment for female farmers