This article explores how enslaved and freed women in Rio de Janeiro and Havana, the capital cities of the Americas’ last two slaveholding territories, played a crucial and specific part in helping speed and shape the gradual emancipation processes that unfolded simultaneously in each context during the 1870s and 1880s. Asset Type: Publications Collection: Foreign …
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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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 …
