Vani Vakatalai: Leading Women in the Community

Vani Vakatalai, District Officer for Tavua in the Ministry of Rural & Maritime Development & Disaster Management, participated in the National Emergency Response Team (NERT) training organized by the Fiji Government, National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and supported by the Women’s Resilience to Disasters (WRD) Programme.

COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters

Author Martha Keswick creates books to help children and youth prepare for disasters.

Vasiti Soko

Meet Ms. Vasiti Soko, the Director of the National Disaster Management Office of Fiji.

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

Bringing communities together to prepare for emergencies

How Bangladesh is beating the odds on climate disaster deaths

Varanisese Maisamoa

Meet Varanisese Maisamoa, who is helping increase women's access to resilient infrastructure in Fiji.

Alluvione: Girl power to combat floods in Indonesia

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

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

Women are using forecasts to plan ahead

"Climate change is happening."

New gender learning report plays important role in current and future UNDP projects

Gender-transformative hurricane resilience during the COVID-19 crisis

The importance of inclusive hurricane preparedness in the Caribbean.

How some Pacific women are responding to climate change and natural disasters

Insights into behaviour during a fire could improve evacuation planning

Information is power: Women need equal access to ICTs for disaster resilience

We can’t rid Asia of natural disasters. But we can prepare for them

Building towards people-centric early warning systems in the Caribbean

Viet Nam: Weather forecasts for all: Improving access to weather information for women and ethnic minorities