Gender-Blind DRR Blunts Response and Recovery

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Meet Vera Karikari Bediako, the Principal Programme Officer at the Department of Gender, Government of Ghana.

RISE 2030: Women for results

The first all-women solar team in Lebanon challenges the gender stereotypes in the male-dominated construction sector

Women are coordinating and strengthening resilience networks

The Network of Women-led Organisations in Nigeria coordinates and strengthens the collaboration among members and partners, insuring the inclusion of women and girls in programs and projects.

Heat stress management and gender-sensitive heat adaptation plans in Sri Lanka

Data collection in Colombo

How can women’s leadership reduce risks and build resilience?

We asked resilience practitioners, women leaders, gender champions, and experts from around the world why diverse leadership is so important to their work

Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for rising cost of climate disasters

How drought is shifting gender dynamics in northeast Syria

Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers

Integrating protective, gender-transformative and inclusive approaches into anticipatory action: snapshots from Nepal

African women to play key roles in mitigating impacts of climate change

From where I stand: “Put indigenous women and our communities at the centre of climate action”

Women reap the rewards of planting mangroves in Bangladesh

Five examples of gender-sensitive solutions to displacement linked with climate change

Gender-disaggregated data, crucial to ensuring gender-sensitive response and recovery for displaced women and girls in disaster contexts

Explainer: how gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

Preparing for CSW66: ECOWAS and UN Women organise a virtual regional consultation of West and Central Africa ministers

This news piece was originally published on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Website.