Gender and Disaster Network
Disaster News & Resources
RACHEL E. LUFT 2008 Looking for Common Ground: Relief Work in Post-Katrina New Orleans as an American Parable of Race and Gender Violence, NWSA Journal, Vol. 20 No. 3 (Fall) here
Global Thematic Consultatation on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: ADDRESSING INEQUALITIES: Synthesis Report of Global Public Consultation
Co-led by UNICEF and UN Women. Link
Oxfam 2012 Post-2015 Development Goals: Oxfam International Position Paper here
NEW HFA TO ENSURE WOMEN INVOLVED IN DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT SAYS UNISDR here
'Climate Extreme: How young people can respond to disasters in a changing world' by Plan on behalf of the Children in a Changing Climate coalition. More... | Download
UNDP 2012 Integrating Gender in Disaster Management in Small Island Developing States: A Guide, CRMI Caribbean Risk Management Initiative, More...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Liberia – How do international humanitarian organizations involve and promote local capacities in Disaster Risk Reduction in Liberia; and what is the local women's role? Masters thesis by Teea Emilia Holmgren & Anne Katrine Moe 2012. Download here (1 MB).
Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction: Appreciate, Encourage and Empower the Female Voice, The Better India. More...
Climate Change, Gender and Development in Africa, AfDB, More...
Please see this flyer on the manual "Gender, Conflict and Disasters in South Asia" (2012) published by Visthar, Bangalore, authored by Mercy Kappen and Ranjani Murthy. Download flyer
Women and Girls on the Map go to our crowdmap and submit your own report of women and girls working actively for DRR! More...
LGBTQ Disaster Assistance - supporting the resilience of sexual minorities and gender diverse individuals, households, and communities in disaster and emergency management across the globe.
Women's Health Goulburn North East 2011 Beating the Flames: Women escaping and surviving Black Saturday. Edited by Debra Parkinson and Claire Zara
Women's Health Goulburn North East 2011 The way he tells it: Relationships after Black Saturday Written by Debra Parkinson, and based on interviews by Debra Parkinson and Claire Zara
'Japan quake took toll on women and elderly' Brigitte Leoni. More...
"Men care about families" - Rifka Annisa men’s program by Rachmad Hidayat More...
Gender brief for the Pacific delegates attending Rio +20 more...
This year's Mary Fran Myers Award winner - Damairia Pakpahan - congratulations! More...
USAID Women in Development - Frontlines. Link
Girls in Risk Reduction Leadership (GIRRL) Project. Project link | video
Recent Blog Posts
Welcome to the Gender and Disaster Network
Post-2015 Looking Ahead
We are getting closer to 2015 when a number of international plans and agreements come to an end. What should we plan for, post-2015? If you are interested in adding to the discussion, send your ideas to the GDN email list (you need to register with GDN first) or email Maureen Fordham (maureen.fordham@northumbria.ac.uk).
The GDN email list has been discussing, amongst oither things, stratehies for engaging men and boys as allies of and partners with women and girls. This page has some resources from Men's Resources International - please let us know of more.
Google Doodle for International Women's Day 2013
Call for UN action to end violence against women and girls
The United Nations Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign aims to raise public awareness and increase political will and resources for preventing and ending all forms of violence against women and girls in all parts of the world.
One in three women will be a victim of violence – being raped, beaten or abused in her lifetime. In some parts of the world a girl is more likely to be raped than learn how to read. More...
Who Are We?
The Gender and Disaster Network started in 1997 as an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts. We are the first web presence to advocate for gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction using the World Wide Web.Read more
What We Do
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The Gender and Disaster Sourcebook
The GDN hosts and maintains the Gender and Disaster and Disaster Sourcebook, a one-stop user-friendly electronic guide to help answer the question: "What is the link between gender equality and disaster risk?"
The Gender and Disaster Network Knowledgebase
A repository of many resources available to download in the GDN Knowledgebase.
The Mary Fran Myers Award
The Mary Fran Myers Award was so-named in order to recognize her sustained efforts to launch a worldwide network among disaster professionals, for advancing women’s careers and for promoting research on gender issues in disaster research in emergency management and higher education. Go here for the latest awardee.
The GDN Website
The GDN website is a continuing work in progress. Thanks to support from USAID/OFDA, USDA, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), UNISDR PreventionWeb, Northumbria University, School of the Built and Natural Environment and our many volunteers, we are expanding the GDN and making it more dynamic. We have many plans, some of which can be enacted now, others will have to wait for further sponsorship. Please visit In the Pipeline to see a description of some of the ideas we have for the future.
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