Varanisese Maisamoa

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

Women are adapting to climate change through climate-smart agriculture

"Understanding climate change has drastically changed the way we work the land."

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 are improving their access to resilient infrastructure

Esther, who works with the Red Cross, is helping communities in Kiribati build forward better.  

Women are helping build resilient infrastructure

Vara's advocacy resulted in a new cyclone resilient market building, so: "when Cyclone Harold came, this market was here. The vendors were safe here."

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

Partnerships for building resilience in the Philippines

Assistance provided to 450 families in waterways communities

In Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction, women masons are breaking gender barriers

Infrastructure for Small Island Developing States

Health emergency collides with water crisis in the Himalayas

Can renewable energy give climate-displaced women in Bangladesh a new beginning?

Study examines women’s ability to adapt effectively to climate change

Women masons help build stronger homes in quake-hit Nepal

Gender in water and sanitation – empowerment by numbers

Calling for a gender approach to 'smart' and 'resilient' cities

How natural disasters undermine schooling

Philippines: All-weather, PWD-friendly evacuation center to rise in Capiz