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UN Women Official Statement for the APMCDRR2022
UN Women is grateful to the Government of Australia and UNDRR for co-hosting the 2022 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
The Women's Resilience to Disasters programme has been given the green light in Kiribati
Vasiti Soko
Meet Ms. Vasiti Soko, the Director of the National Disaster Management Office of Fiji.
Heat stress management and gender-sensitive heat adaptation plans in Sri Lanka
Data collection in Colombo
Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for rising cost of climate disasters
Integrating protective, gender-transformative and inclusive approaches into anticipatory action: snapshots from Nepal
Five examples of gender-sensitive solutions to displacement linked with climate change
How Bangladesh is beating the odds on climate disaster deaths
Is disaster risk reduction (wo)men’s work?
Highlighting the missing voices of women in developing and implementing legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction
How the fisherwomen of Java rise above climate change and an increase in gender-based violence
This case study explores these uneven impacts, the importance of collective active action, and the key role women play in sustainable recovery from Covid-19.
Pannapa (Aimee) Na Nan
Meet Aimee, a driving force in gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and emergency response in Thailand.
Inaugural women’s leadership awards for disaster risk reduction granted to Fijian trailblazer and Indonesian scientist mobilising youth
“Women in the communities are active participants in building disaster preparedness”
The importance of women's leadership in disaster preparedness in the Philippines.
“Women play a huge role in the disaster sphere”
Developing capacities for gender-responsive data collection systems.
Building an enabling environment for addressing the gender inequalities of risk in Solomon Islands
Establishing coordination mechanisms and providing capacity development
Climate justice means involving gender and sexual minorities in policy and action
A series of workshops in Indonesia and the Philippines have given a platform to LGBTIQ+ leaders