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Resilience
Manual on Community Action in Housing Reconstruction after Disaster (English)
By Garifuna-Comite, Honduras
The Garífuna Emergency Committee of Honduras with the support of GROOTS International and AJWS Present created a manual that focuses on the forming of construction committees, safe sites, the beneficiaries of transparent processes, community participation in house design, housing support, principles and the empowerment of women.
Community Assessment Tools
By Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), India
After disasters, the communities who are affected are rarely involved in assessing the damages and loss that has affected them. One of the greatest community tools could be the women from poor communities, as they would be able to collect information that feeds into damage assessments. If these women were involved in these processes, then […]
Understanding Community Resilience
By GROOTS International
Working with grassroots women in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia, GROOTS International facilitated conversations that enabled women to reflect on their development and disaster experiences, in order to help women create a common understanding of resilience.
SEEDS Pamphlet No. 22 Women’s Participation in Disaster Relief and Recovery
By Huairou Commission and GROOTS International
Seeds pamphlets are designed to meet global requests for information about the innovative and practical program ideas advanced to address the roles and needs of low-income women. This edition focuses on practical examples of how low-income women can participate in post disaster relief and recovery.
Building Better Futures: Empowering Grassroots Women to Build Resilient Communities
By GROOTS International
Disaster response programs are opportunities for women to become active participants in shaping the futures of their communities through innovation solutions that address practical problems such as shelter, credit, livelihood and basic services, all of which allows women to build a better future.
Community Practitioners Platform Flyer (Bilingual)
By Huairou Commission
The Community Practitioners’ Platform (CPP) is an organizing and networking mechanism connecting grassroots community based groups working to reduce their vulnerability to disaster and climate risks in rural and urban areas.
Community Resilience Fund Flyer (Bilingual)
By Huairou Commission
The Community Resilience Fund (CFR) is a grassroots-run community fund focused on reducing vulnerability to climate and disaster risks and losses in poor rural and urban communities subject to tropical storms, flooding, landslides, drought, seismic activity, food insecurity and other threats.
The Women and Gender Constituency
By The Women and Gender Constituency
This publication focuses on the work of the Women and Gender Constituency to ensure human rights and the gender dimension are incorporated into UNFCCC negotiations, agreements, plans and actions.
Women’s Views From the Frontline
By Huairou Commission
This action research by the Huairou Commission was created to draw attention to the fact that grassroots women are key stakeholders in disaster risk reduction and the demand for greater accountability from local and national governments, but are often overlooked and excluded.
Recipes for Resilience
By Huairou Commission
This publication demonstrates how bringing women living in diverse situations together allows marginalized women to explain and debate their approaches for recovering or reducing the damages and losses caused by natural disasters, environmental degradation and climate change and to share their knowledge and experiences.
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- Resilience (39)