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Responding to critical gaps in knowledge sharing - the Women’s Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub
Jeff Roach (Australia) and Paivi Kannisto (UN Women) introduced a joint UN study highlighting a gap in the sharing of tools and guidance for gender-responsive disaster and climate resilience between UN agencies.
Explainer: how gender inequality and climate change are interconnected
Five ways to build gender equality and sustainability
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.
Launch of a “one-stop-shop” for all gender-related disaster and climate resilience knowledge
UN Women in partnership with the Australian Government, launches the Women’s Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub
How can we make disaster risk financing more gender inclusive?
Incomes dip for South Asia's women home workers as heat rises
In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence
Disaggregating disaster deaths data
Ilan confirms the importance of knowing who dies in disasters, how, and why.
Bringing communities together to prepare for emergencies
New data show women and girls far less likely to receive COVID-19 relief
Women and girls have disproportionately suffered the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19: lost jobs and reduced work hours, increased intensity of care and domestic work, and strains on their physical and mental health.
Rapid gender analysis in Haiti reveals earthquake-related impacts on women and girls
From victims to leaders: ending gender-based violence in the Lake Chad Basin
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.
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.
International Women’s Day 2022: “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”
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.