Building women's resilient businesses in Vanuatu

Can an island rise and recover from a cyclone swell through targeted support to women’s owned businesses?

Jamaican women craft vendors get business support

Enhancing resilience when disasters strike

“Women play a huge role in the disaster sphere”

Developing capacities for gender-responsive data collection systems.

Cultivating change: women farmers in Dominica find new paths to market amidst COVID-19 shutdowns

Women farmers have recently suffered significant loss of income as a result of overlapping disasters. This case study explores how women farmers are being connected to new outlets and market opportunities and supported to do more business online.

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.

Counting Women in Fiji for risk-informed development

The importance of gender-responsive risk assessments for inclusive development planning

The struggle of a women-led business in Vanuatu

Vanuatu micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are facing parallel disasters

Korka Diaw

Meet the president of a farmer's network in Senegal, who empowers women and builds climate resilience through agriculture Senegal.

UNDP strengthens the capacity of Dominica’s female farmers in disaster management

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.”

People matter – Why quantifying inclusion is key to climate adaptation

Partnerships for building resilience in the Philippines

Assistance provided to 450 families in waterways communities

In Kenya’s changing climate, women are claiming land rights to feed their families

Building a women-led community climate movement

Why gender matters to the private sector in disaster management

The Women’s Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub

The importance of quality data and evidence to inform and transform resilience building.