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WOMEN BUILD RESILIENCE

Disasters devastate. They hit communities and break their socio-political and economic fabric. They test the resilience of people, especially women, by erasing years of hard-earned lives. Though women are the worst affected and the first to respond to disasters, they are often the last ones consulted in post disaster initiatives.

Yet experiences in India, Turkey Honduras and Jamaica show that disasters present an opportunity to rebuild the lives of women and community.

An Initiative of Huairou Commission

 



"Addressing disaster task reduction and climate change by grassroots communities in Bihar", April, 2013



"Grassroots women's resilience initiatives in Maharashtra", April 2013"


"Creating alternative livelihoods and resilience building initiatives in Tamilnadu", April 2013


"Women-led disaster task force-Training manual", July 2012


 


 


 



Scientists on Asian summer monsoon

NADRR
RESILIENCE BRIEF
DISASTER WATCH
 



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National Alliance for
Disaster Risk
Reduction (NADRR),
India

   

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RESILIENCE BRIEF, APRIL 2012.
   

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Grassroots women's collectives learn to
evaluate and manage disasters





 

 

Disaster Watch is an initiative by the
Huairou Commission and GROOTS International
to support grassroots women to build community resilience.


Co-ordinated by Swayam Shikshan Prayog, India
Contact: disasterwatch@gmail.com

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