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

Gender-disaggregated data, crucial to ensuring gender-sensitive response and recovery for displaced women and girls in disaster contexts

Explainer: Why women need to be at the heart of climate action

Explainer: how gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

Launch of a “one-stop-shop” for all gender-related disaster and climate resilience knowledge

UN Women in partnership with the Australian Government, launches the Women’s Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub

In Bihar, women face floods and increasing violence

Disaggregating disaster deaths data

Ilan confirms the importance of knowing who dies in disasters, how, and why.

Bringing communities together to prepare for emergencies

New data show women and girls far less likely to receive COVID-19 relief

Women and girls have disproportionately suffered the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19: lost jobs and reduced work hours, increased intensity of care and domestic work, and strains on their physical and mental health.

Rapid gender analysis in Haiti reveals earthquake-related impacts on women and girls

From victims to leaders: ending gender-based violence in the Lake Chad Basin

Nearly 30 per cent of girls in Ngatansou’s home in North Cameroon are married before the age of 18, facing loss of education, high rates of maternal mortality, and increased risk of gender-based violence. Today, at 49, Ngatansou is working to change the narrative for women and girls in the Lake Chad Basin – an area encompassing Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria.

From victims to leaders: ending gender-based violence in the Lake Chad Basin

Women are giving hope to women

Aissa's organisation provides psychological support to women and girls affected by conflict, crisis and disaster, as well as gender-based violence, teaching them to address trauma and mediate conflict.

International Women’s Day 2022: “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”

Applying a gender lens on post disaster needs assessment in the Caribbean

Kyana shares her experiences of ensuring post disaster needs assessments are gender-responsive and capture the nuanced ways in which disasters affect different groups.

Closing the gender gaps for women's resilience to disasters and climate change

Sarah Selby, a technical adviser for UN Women, talks about the urgent need to close the gender gaps for disaster and climate risk reduction and resilience.

The changing nature of the gender inequality of risk in the Caribbean

Moving beyond the “victim lens” and engaging women more effectively.

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.