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.

Women are advocating for inclusivity

"See me for my ability, not for my disability"

Alluvione: Girl power to combat floods in Indonesia

Counting Women in Fiji for risk-informed development

The importance of gender-responsive risk assessments for inclusive development planning

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

The struggle of a women-led business in Vanuatu

Vanuatu micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are facing parallel disasters

4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)

Palau upholds gender equality, social inclusion in disaster risk management

'You never know if you will be treated properly and with respect."

How some Pacific women are responding to climate change and natural disasters

Solomon Islands students ensure schools and communities are safe

Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids

Gender and climate (in)security in the Pacific

Launch of diversity and disaster monograph No. 3 from the Australian Journal of Emergency and the Gender and Disaster Pod

Calling for a gender approach to 'smart' and 'resilient' cities

In Philippines, climate change and conflict both conspire against rural women