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The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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Gender perspective: working together for disaster risk reduction, good practices and lessons learned (pdf 790kb)

This publication showcases women's valuable contributions to community resilience and seeks to generate more interest in and commitment to gender-inclusive disaster risk reduction policies, strategies and programs.

It highlights the fact that disaster recovery and rehabilitation provide good opportunities for women to play public roles with the support of their families and communities. It also underlines the importance of working with both men and women to promote a gender-balanced approach to disaster risk reduction.

It also outlines awareness-raising and capacity-building activities which focus on women's participation and contribution to building safe communities and households and equal access to information.

 

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