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Gender-Blind DRR Blunts Response and Recovery
Advancing gender-transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific
Latinas for Climate: meet the young Latinas championing climate justice
As climate-related disasters escalate in frequency and intensity, Latinas for Climate has emerged as a beacon of hope for young Latinas to elevate their voices to influence climate justice at the country, regional and global levels and make a meaningful impact.
Heat stress management and gender-sensitive heat adaptation plans in Sri Lanka
Data collection in Colombo
How can women’s leadership reduce risks and build resilience?
We asked resilience practitioners, women leaders, gender champions, and experts from around the world why diverse leadership is so important to their work
Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for rising cost of climate disasters
A new kind of drought insurance for women in Kenya’s arid rangelands
Women, low earners ‘prone to disaster-linked depression’
People living in communities affected by disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to experience depression, with women, black Africans and low earners most susceptible, analysis suggests.
Floods in South Africa: protecting people must include a focus on women and girls
When disastrous events like floods are combined with social inequities, their effects are much greater.
Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers
Integrating protective, gender-transformative and inclusive approaches into anticipatory action: snapshots from Nepal
African women to play key roles in mitigating impacts of climate change
From where I stand: “Put indigenous women and our communities at the centre of climate action”
Risk, resilience and gender in the current Petrópolis tragedy
Women are more vulnerable to disasters because of their social roles, lack of access to resources and political marginalisation.