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Educational materials

Kit includes booklet and poster

Educational materials

Kit includes booklet and poster

Educational materials

Kit includes booklet and poster

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This Resource Guide seeks to assist water professionals, politicians, gender specialists and others in their efforts to provide improved access to water for poor women, children and men all over the world.

The initial Resource Guide was launched during

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This publication profiles 12 examples of local government achievements towards sustainability and the specific partnerships with a variety of actors that have contributed to that success. No matter where they are located, partners are inevitably

Documents and publications

This report provides a short overview on progress toward implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action highlighting:

1. National and regional context (risk);
2. A summary of the impact of initiatives on people and the economy, i.e. progress towards

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The Convention opens an important new phase in the battle against desertification, but it is just a beginning. In particular, governments are regularly reviewing the action programmes. They also focus on awareness-raising, education and training, in both

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Good practices and lessons learned:

This publication is part of ongoing efforts facilitated by the UNISDR secretariat to build a global partnership for mainstreaming gender issues into the disaster risk reduction process. Such efforts have become urgent


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