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The Importance of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction

by UNITAR

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This UNITAR course examines the role of women in disasters and disaster risk reduction using case studies. You will learn about women as leaders for disaster risk reduction, how to look at disasters through a gender lens, how gender and disaster risk reduction are linked, and what it means to Leave No One Behind. This course is suited to specialists as well as anyone who is interested in the intersections of climate change, gender advocacy, and disaster preparedness and response.

The full course includes

Introduction to the Importance of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction
Women as leaders for DRR
Looking at Disasters with a Gender Lens
Gender and DRR Inter-linkages
Case Study - Women's Leadership in Reconstruction from Disaster
Leave No One Behind - RERA

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UNITAR

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations system.

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