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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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