'Towards sustainable communities': gender in community based disaster management

Proceedings of the International Disaster Management Symposium, Kobe Jan 18 2008

This document presents the proceedings of the symposium, covering the main topics of disaster risk reduction (DRR), community and gendered DRR, disaster management, community resilience, environmental management and education. It includes the transcription of the panel discussion on "Gender Balanced Participation for Disaster Resilient Communities", as well as an overall activity report, country reports from Nepal and Bangladesh, and keynote speeches and presentations.