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COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters
Author Martha Keswick creates books to help children and youth prepare for disasters.
Women reap the rewards of planting mangroves in Bangladesh
Rapid gender analysis in Haiti reveals earthquake-related impacts on women and girls
Gender inequality, earthquake and flood impacts in Albania
Taking into account women’s needs in recovery planning
What is gender inequality costing the Caribbean region?
Countries in the Caribbean are recovering from a recent volcanic eruption, coping with COVID-19, and preparing for the hurricane season. This case study highlights the work of the EnGenDER Project and the gender inequality studies carried out across eight countries to date.
In Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction, women masons are breaking gender barriers
Women masons help build stronger homes in quake-hit Nepal
Lessons learnt from 2017 Caribbean Hurricane Season
The Caribbean is moving closer to a much-needed regional strategy to strengthen people-centred early warning systems across the islands
With warning drums and river clean-ups, Indonesian women head off disasters
Women often suffer worst when floods or earthquakes hit - but given the right resources, they are well-placed to protect their communities
Teaching girls to swim can prevent deaths during floods
In the Caribbean, colonialism and inequality mean hurricanes hit harder
Domican Republic: women who build resilience
"Nepal one year on, most vulnerable people risk exclusion from earthquake recovery"
World Population Day 2015 more than ever relevant to quake-hit Nepal
APEC: Women lead way in disaster risk reduction in vulnerable Asia-Pacific - Press release
Women entrepreneurs, civil society groups and disaster management and gender equality officials assembled in Sendai