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  • Disaster reduction and gender
    www.unisdr.org ] Languages:  English 
    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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