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Designing, resourcing and implementing gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction policies, plans and programmes. raising awareness of gendered vulnerabilities of men, women and LGBTs, and promoting inclusion and leadership of women and gender minorities in DRR.

Latest Gender additions in the Knowledge Base

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Gender inclusive climate resilient agriculture in Bangladesh: a review of policies and practices 2023

This report offers important insights for policymakers to create gender-inclusive policies in Bangladesh.
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Gender inclusive climate resilient agriculture in Nepal: a review of policies and practices 2023

This report offers important insights for policymakers to create gender-inclusive policies in Nepal.
Two women dressed in the traditional Indian Saree are walking through the narrow streets of the blue city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
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The novel structure behind a parametric solution for SEWA in South-East Asia

Following the May 2024 heat waves in India, insurance payouts for lost income were made to over 46,000 women in South-East Asia. This represented a relative novelty where insurance payouts and a direct cash assistance programme had been combined.
Swiss Reinsurance Company (Swiss Re)
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A gender-transformative climate change programming guide: Experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean

This guide and accompanying tools have been developed to support and encourage UNICEF country offices globally, partners and stakeholders to plan and implement gender-transformative climate change programmes.
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Guidelines for climate-resilient, gender-responsive, and socially inclusive public open spaces in Bangladesh

These guidelines aim to equip local governments in Bangladesh with concepts and tools to create and maintain climate-resilient, gender-responsive, and socially inclusive public open spaces in cities and towns.
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Incorporating gender in Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) projects: a practical guide

This note provides guidance for project teams to integrate gender considerations into disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI) activities and policies.
Women conduct a disaster risk assessment in a rural village in Lao PDR.
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Climate action from a gender perspective: A systematic review of the impact of climate policies on inequality

This systematic review highlights the scarcity of research integrating a gender perspective into climate policy impact assessments and calls for more gender-sensitive analyses and the application of feminist theory to address this gap.
weADAPT
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant women in Milan, Italy: A qualitative study involving key informants working in third sector organizations and public hospitals

This study aims to investigate the impact of the pandemic on migrant women living in Milan (North-West Italy), by leveraging on the accounts of a pool of key informants (KIs).
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