Advancing gender-transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific

Vera Karikari Bediako

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

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

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”

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

Women reap the rewards of planting mangroves in Bangladesh

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.

Incomes dip for South Asia's women home workers as heat rises

Women are giving hope to women

Aissa's organisation provides psychological support to women and girls affected by conflict, crisis and disaster, as well as gender-based violence, teaching them to address trauma and mediate conflict.

From victims to leaders: ending gender-based violence in the Lake Chad Basin

Nearly 30 per cent of girls in Ngatansou’s home in North Cameroon are married before the age of 18, facing loss of education, high rates of maternal mortality, and increased risk of gender-based violence. Today, at 49, Ngatansou is working to change the narrative for women and girls in the Lake Chad Basin – an area encompassing Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria.