Free Course
The Importance of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction
By UNITAR
6 Lessons
4.8(25)
Course author
UNITAR
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations system.
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Course overview
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