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- Disaster reduction and gender
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Disasters affect women and men differently. The gender section of UNISDR's website lists documents and online resources on gender perspectives of disaster risk reduction.
- Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive: Policy and Practical Guidelines
[ www.unisdr.org ]
Languages: English
This publication is the result of extensive consultations and a response to the call for clear policy and practical guidance for mainstreaming gender perspectives into disaster risk reduction. It offers much-needed policy and practical guidelines for national and local governments to further implement the Hyogo Framework for Action. UNISDR, 2009
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