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Connecting gender, the private sector, and disaster risk management
A need for gender-responsive disaster risk management in the private sector.
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.
Focus on women and girls matters as disaster risks shift
Riyanti Djalante (ASEAN Secretariat) and Mohammad Naciri (UN Women Asia and the Pacific) share their insights into the importance of regional cooperation for gender-responsive disaster management and progress to date.
Inaugural women’s leadership awards for disaster risk reduction granted to Fijian trailblazer and Indonesian scientist mobilising youth
Women from Latin America and the Caribbean launch network for disaster risk reduction
Women are building the capacities of others to reduce risks
Goundo is working to build women’s capacity to secure their environmental rights and protects their nature-based livelihoods.
Fatoumata Goundo Sissoko
Meet Goundo, who is dedicated to building women's capacity in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, capitalising on existing skills and knowledge.
Providing vouchers to respond to the urgent needs of economically vulnerable families and women in Palestine
COVID-19 has increased the risk of gender-based violence
Building women's resilient businesses in Vanuatu
Can an island rise and recover from a cyclone swell through targeted support to women’s owned businesses?
Jamaican women craft vendors get business support
Enhancing resilience when disasters strike
Collaboration between gender equality and climate change in Côte d’Ivoire
Ministers meet in Côte d’Ivoire to launch an integrated approach to climate change and gender equality in development planning
Building an enabling environment for addressing the gender inequalities of risk in Solomon Islands
Establishing coordination mechanisms and providing capacity development
Cultivating change: women farmers in Dominica find new paths to market amidst COVID-19 shutdowns
Women farmers have recently suffered significant loss of income as a result of overlapping disasters. This case study explores how women farmers are being connected to new outlets and market opportunities and supported to do more business online.
Investing in the lives and livelihoods of India's women during recovery
Post-disaster recovery provides an important opportunity to invest in the lives and livelihoods of women in order to build forward better and increase resilience.
The struggle of a women-led business in Vanuatu
Vanuatu micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are facing parallel disasters
Korka Diaw
Meet the president of a farmer's network in Senegal, who empowers women and builds climate resilience through agriculture Senegal.