Knowledgebase - Miscellaneous

Visit the Gender and Disaster Sourcebook for a more comprehensive listing (2005 and earlier) of miscellaneous materials on gender and disaster.

Are there significant positive changes on the status of women in the context of recent disaster events/humanitarian crises or are women and their needs still being left out? What is missing or lacking that we should continue to work on? As part of GDN’s celebration of 2008 International Women’s month, we asked members to share their thoughts on the status of women in the context of recent disaster events or humanitarian crises and here are their reflections. (59KB)

For Every Woman. Poem by Nancy Smith, 1973.

Other Newsletters and Magazines

Disaster Brief Volume 5 (1) January 2008. Highlights various initiatives in Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change and Community practice around the world. Disaster Watch, Swayam Shikshan Prayog (553KB)

Tsunami Update No.10 - Grassroots Women Build Resilience, Dec 2007. Disaster Watch, Swayam Shikshan Prayog (311KB)

The Eclipse magazine - Improving the Health Sector in Africa, Vol. 2, Issue 10, Feb. 2008. (161KB)

The Eclipse magazine - Message from The Eclipse editorial team (40KB)

The Eclipse magazine - Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Peace Processes, Volume 2, Issue 8, Dec 2007. (206KB)

The Eclipse magazine - Linking Human Rights to Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 2, Issue 7, Oct-Nov 2007. (155KB)

Links

AmericaLatinagenera.org - Experiences developed in the Latin America and the Caribbean region on conflicts, violence and disasters with a gender perspective
http://www.americalatinagenera.org/tematica/cvd-experiencias.php

Bikash - A Rural Woman's Project in Bangladesh: www.novartisfoundation.com/en/projects/right_health/women_bangladesh/

BRIDGE - Gender and development information service. Institute of Development Studies: http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/index.html

Centre for Gender and Women's Studies - University of Newcastle upon Tyne Mailing list: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cgws/mailinglist/index.php

Centre for Research on Epidemiology: www.cred.be/

Centro Regional de Información sobre Desastres (CRID) (Regional Disaster Information Center) - compilation and dissemination of disaster-related information in Latin America and the Caribbean, searchable disaster database: http://www.crid.or.cr/

Duryog Nivaran: www.duryognivaran.org/

Feminist Theory Website: www.utc.edu/~kswitala/Feminism/

genanet - mainstreaming gender in UNFCCC negotiations and national debates on climate change: http:// www.genanet.de/index.php?id=444&L=1

gendercc - a platform for information, knowledge, and networking on gender and climate change: http://www.gendercc.net

Gender Equality & Disaster Risk Reduction: An Action workshop for social change
http:// www.ssri.hawaii.edu/research/GDWwebsite/index.html

GROOTS International - Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood: http://www.groots.org/

Huairou Commission - a global coalition of networks, institutions and individual professionals that links grassroots women’s community development organizations to partners. http://www.huairou.org/

International Rescue Committee: http://www.theirc.org/

Practical Action - women's and men's experiences on disaster mitigation: http://practicalaction.org/

PreventionWeb: http://www.preventionweb.net

RADIX - Radical Interpretations of Disaster: http://www.radixonline.org

Siyanda.org - is an on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources: http://www.siyanda.org

Swayam Shikshan Prayog - Self Education for Empowerment: http://www.sspindia.org/

United Nations Development Program - Women's Empowerment: http://www.undp.org/women/

UNDP Gender Mainstreaming Tools Marketplace: http://www.undp.org/women/tools_marketplace.pdf

Voice of the Shuttle - Gender and Sexuality Studies: http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2711

Weblinks of selected groups relevant to children and hazards. Compiled by Deborah Thomas, Hazards Research Lab.

Women in Crises - Recent Books. http://www.peace.ca/womenincrises.htm