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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

 




Holding up Haiti: Women Respond to Nightmare Earthquake, Haiti, 2010

"Women around the world pledge solidarity to Haiti, 2010"

"Grassroots Initiatives in
CDRF Pilot: A Dialogue
Workshop & Learning
Exchange, India,
June 3-5, 2009


"Rebuilding lives".
Women's Resource
Centre, Matara, Sri Lanka
March 2009


 


 


 

"Huairou Commission and GROOTS International response to Haiti Earthquake, January 2010"



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National Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction (NADRR), India

   

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Disaster Brief, Vol.6
(2) June 2009.

"Grassroots women
& DRR"

   

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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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