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Can Laws Tackling Gender Inequality Help to Enhance Disaster Resilience in the Philippines?

With support from the legal community in advocating and implementing gender-sensitive approaches to climate action, rural women in the Philippines have the potential to build the resilience of their communities to the increasingly severe impacts of climate change. Asset Type: Publications Collection: Foreign Publications Subject: Gender Inequality, Law, Disaster Resilience, Philippines Author: Juliette Leoni Publisher: …

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From Vulnerable to Empowered – Disaster Risk Education that Matters

This article talks about Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines (CEC) which has developed its Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) programme in response to the need of building climate and disaster-resilient communities. The trainings of the CBDRM engage learners to analyse their risks and vulnerabilities in order to formulate and implement plans to counter disasters. More importantly, …

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Strengthening Capacities Towards a Resilient Future: The case of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Tacloban City, Philippines after the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan

This thesis explores the experiences, challenges, and roles of people who identify as sexual and gender minorities in the context of disaster risk reduction management and practices. In recent decades, national and international institutions have exerted substantial efforts to reduce disaster risk and strengthen disaster management. In response to the increasing number and magnitude of …

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