Child centered disaster management planning

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 138, November 2015:

This issue highlights the ways in which children's rights to safety can be upheld in India and how Disaster Management Planning are the instruments to accomplish this objective. Traditional knowledge of communities in reducing the risks of hazards is also discussed in this issue, and how the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) enshrines the protection of children against disaster risks.

This issue's contents includes: (i) Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction in Long Term Recovery; (ii) Communities Addressing Local Risks; (iii) Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction; (iv) Views of Ahmedabad Youth on Disaster Risk Reduction; (v) Sendai Disaster Risk Reduction Framework Fails Millions at Risk of Disasters; (vi) Key Challenges in Vulnerability Assessment: A Personal Anecdote from the Field; (vii) Drought in Bangladesh: Recent Work and Plans of IUBAT; (viii) Skills for Safety: Possible Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction in North East India; (ix) Leveraging Risk at Local Level: Support and Facilitation of Civil Society towards Formulation of DDMPs in India; and (x) AIDMI's Commitment to India's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).