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.

Pannapa (Aimee) Na Nan

Meet Aimee, a driving force in gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Thailand.

Gender-responsive and disability-inclusion in disaster risk reduction in Asia Pacific

How international commitments and recommendations are being translated into national DRR frameworks

Focus on women and girls matters as disaster risks shift

Riyanti Djalante (ASEAN Secretariat) and Mohammad Naciri (UN Women Asia and the Pacific) share their insights into the importance of regional cooperation for gender-responsive disaster management and progress to date.

Women are providing critical support during the COVID-19 outbreak

Jannatul and her team are supporting women and girls to cope with simultaneous hazards.

The imperative of climate adaption for Africa

Building resilience across societies in an inclusive manner

Gender-responsive policy development in Kenya

Supporting gender-responsive legal and policy frameworks

Extreme weather events in India made women, children more vulnerable to modern slavery, flags report

Women raise the roof in India

Working with women to design safe, resilient housing solutions

“Women in the communities are active participants in building disaster preparedness”

The importance of women's leadership in disaster preparedness in the Philippines.

“Women play a huge role in the disaster sphere”

Developing capacities for gender-responsive data collection systems.

Investing in the lives and livelihoods of India's women during recovery

Post-disaster recovery provides an important opportunity to invest in the lives and livelihoods of women in order to build forward better and increase resilience.

UN Women helps ease climate risks for women farmers in the mountains of Viet Nam

Women in this mountainous region are getting help to be more climate-resilient

Three reflections on gender in disaster risk management

4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)

Cash handouts provide lifeline to vulnerable women in Viet Nam facing double impact of pandemic and flooding

Cash handouts provide lifeline to vulnerable women in Viet Nam facing double impact of pandemic and flooding

Kurigram, Bangladesh: Rural women forging together to deal with multiple crises

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.”