Knowledgebase - Key Resources

This page contains key resources on gender and disaster risk reduction translated in several languages to benefit a wider audience. Visit the Gender and Disaster Sourcebook for a more comprehensive list (2005 and earlier).

Highlighting the needs and capacities of women and girls, men and boys in disaster risk reduction. GDN Oral Statement at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, First Session. Geneva, Switzerland. June 2007. (35KB)

Gender Equality in Disasters: Six Principles for Engendered Relief and Reconstruction. Gender and Disaster Network. (52KB)

Hard Lessons Learned: Gender Notes for Tsunami Responders. Gender and Disaster Network. (78KB)

UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: 82 Translations now available at PeaceWomen's website.

Working with Women at Risk: Practical Guidelines for Assessing Local Disaster Risk.This is a workbook for training community women to conduct hazard assessments and plan mitigation for their local neighborhoods. The model was developed and tested in communities in the Dominican Republic,  El Salvador, St. Lucia and Dominica. Elaine Enarson with Lourdes Meyreles, Marta González, Betty Hearn Morrow, Audrey Mullings, and Judith Soares. International Hurricane Center, Florida International University, June 2003. English (1.0MB) español (643KB)

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