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Empowering resilience: WRD and partners forge inclusive disaster risk reduction strategies in the pacific
Civil society partners, women’s organizations and organizations for people with disabilities came together for a Talanoa Session on Gender, Disability and Social Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction, affirming resilience building that leaves no one behind.
Beyond COP27: Pacific Women Leaders on why women and girls must be included in climate solutions
We spoke to four Pacific Women Leaders, delegates to the recent global United Nations climate change negotiations and advocates in their communities, about the impact of climate change on women and girls in the region, and why it matters so much that their experiences shape climate action.
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
Vasiti Soko
Meet Ms. Vasiti Soko, the Director of the National Disaster Management Office of Fiji.
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.
Inaugural women’s leadership awards for disaster risk reduction granted to Fijian trailblazer and Indonesian scientist mobilising youth
Women are improving their access to resilient infrastructure
Esther, who works with the Red Cross, is helping communities in Kiribati build forward better.
Building an enabling environment for addressing the gender inequalities of risk in Solomon Islands
Establishing coordination mechanisms and providing capacity development
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.