UN Women and the Youth Leaders and Young Professionals (YLYP) Network host event highlighting the role of youth and digital technology for women’s resilience

In the lead up to CSW67, youth activists advanced their key asks related to digital technology to build women's and girls' resilience to disasters

Inequality and vulnerability must be addressed for gender-responsive and accessible disaster risk reduction

Gender in DRR - Mainstreamed into invisibility

Does gender mainstreaming make it more difficult to ensure women’s concerns are addressed?

Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for rising cost of climate disasters

How drought is shifting gender dynamics in northeast Syria

Floods in South Africa: protecting people must include a focus on women and girls

When disastrous events like floods are combined with social inequities, their effects are much greater.

Speech: Crises multiply threats, women are the solution multipliers

Introductory statement by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, to the Commission on the Status of Women at its 66th session

Risk, resilience and gender in the current Petrópolis tragedy

Women are more vulnerable to disasters because of their social roles, lack of access to resources and political marginalisation.

Explainer: Why women need to be at the heart of climate action

Explainer: how gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence

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

International Women’s Day 2022: “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”

The imperative of climate adaption for Africa

Building resilience across societies in an inclusive manner

The climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis for women and girls in particular

Wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy increases preterm birth risk, Stanford study finds

The case for equity to reduce disaster risk: an analysis of Bolivia