COPE: helping children and youth prepare for disasters

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

From victims to agents of change

How women recovered from the 2010 tsunami in Chile

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.

Nepal: Why more women die in disasters

Women bear the brunt of most disasters in Nepal because the outmigration of men from the countryside.

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

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

Daily report of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR)

UNDP: USD 3.64 million grant approved by Japan in support of local-level resilience and disaster preparedness in Serbia

Local communities plead for greater involvement in disaster risk reduction

Empowering women reduces disaster risks

Investments in disaster risk management essential to sustaining growth and reducing poverty

Fiji: Disaster management week celebrations in Levuka

Fiji: International Disaster Reduction Day 2012

Rwanda: Preparing for disaster is key to development

Preparing for disasters and reducing risk in Azerbaijan

Improving prevention, response among top priorities, says Assembly President