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

Noelene Nabulivou

Meet Noelene Nabulivou, founder of Diverse Voices and Action for Equality or 'DIVA for Equality' in Fiji

The Women's Resilience to Disasters programme has been given the green light in Kiribati

Australia: Domestic violence increase during disasters

Thirty percent of women experience domestic violence in various circumstances but the rate increases during disasters

First come floods, then domestic violence. We need to prepare for the next inevitable crisis.

Women are advocating for inclusivity

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

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 climate finance can address violence against women and girls

Why should local disaster-risk-reduction-strategies wear gender lens for girls’ safety?

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

Solomon Islands students ensure schools and communities are safe

How do we keep family violence perpetrators ‘in view’ during the COVID-19 lockdown?

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