Women are improving their access to resilient infrastructure

Esther, who works with the Red Cross, is helping communities in Kiribati build forward better.  

The case for equity to reduce disaster risk: an analysis of Bolivia

Germany: Inaction on heat plans threatens health

Strengthening disaster recovery in the Caribbean using a gender lens

What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change

Climate change is not gender neutral: harnessing data to empower women and girls as change agents

The struggle of a women-led business in Vanuatu

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

Women are helping build resilient infrastructure

Vara's advocacy resulted in a new cyclone resilient market building, so: "when Cyclone Harold came, this market was here. The vendors were safe here."

The big question: why is gender central to climate change action?

UN Women helps ease climate risks for women farmers in the mountains of Viet Nam

Women in this mountainous region are getting help to be more climate-resilient

Women’s absence from COVID-19 task forces will perpetuate gender divide, says UNDP, UN Women

In Central America, women and girls bear the brunt of storm disaster fallout

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

Gender dynamics of disaster risk and resilience

Women are addressing gender inequalities of disasters including violence against women

“Six to eleven percent of women in ASEAN countries report having been victims of violence against women by a partner in the past 12 months.”

Can SE Asian workers take the heat? Researchers tackle rising temperatures

Women more likely than men to suffer psychological distress from having their homes flooded

Natural hazards and child marriages: A case study from Bihar