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Resource: Women's role in adapting to climate change and variability // Mujeres en la Adaptacíon a la Variabilidad y el Cambio Climático. Carvajal et al. 2008. Download document from the Resources section.
Resource: Financing for Gender Empowerment and Equality of Women." Click the link to go to the Resources section.
Resource: Report on the 5-day capacity-building workshops titled Conflict Resolution, Communication Skills & Organisational Management for Iraqi women leaders. Click this link to download from the Resources section.
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Welcome to the Gender and Disaster Network
The Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. It was conceptualized ten years ago over an early morning meeting at the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center workshop in Denver, Colorado.
The GDN utilizes the Internet in support of the global network of researchers and practitioners working towards gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction and in crosscutting issues such as climate change. More…
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The site you are viewing now is a preview of changes to come. Thanks to support from USAID/OFDA and UNISDR PreventionWeb we are expanding the GDN and making it more dynamic. We have many plans, some of which can be enacted now, others will have to wait for further sponsorship. Please visit 'In the Pipeline' to see a description of some of the ideas we have for the future. The GDN remains a space populated by its members and welcomes contributions of relevant materials/events/announcements for publication in the website and suggestions to improve the Network.
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