Displaying 1 - 18 of 56
Heat stress management and gender-sensitive heat adaptation plans in Sri Lanka
Data collection in Colombo
Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for rising cost of climate disasters
Women, low earners ‘prone to disaster-linked depression’
People living in communities affected by disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to experience depression, with women, black Africans and low earners most susceptible, analysis suggests.
How drought is shifting gender dynamics in northeast Syria
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.
From where I stand: “Put indigenous women and our communities at the centre of climate action”
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
How the fisherwomen of Java rise above climate change and an increase in gender-based violence
This case study explores these uneven impacts, the importance of collective active action, and the key role women play in sustainable recovery from Covid-19.
Gender-responsive and disability-inclusion in disaster risk reduction in Asia Pacific
How international commitments and recommendations are being translated into national DRR frameworks
The imperative of climate adaption for Africa
Building resilience across societies in an inclusive manner
“Women play a huge role in the disaster sphere”
Developing capacities for gender-responsive data collection systems.
4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)
Women are addressing gender inequalities of disasters including violence against women
“Six to eleven percent of women in ASEAN countries report having been victims of violence against women by a partner in the past 12 months.”
Participatory toolkits help rural marginalised communities make their voices heard on climate change
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.