Outcome document: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
UNFPA is joining leaders and delegations from other UN agencies, partner organizations and key stakeholders at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan (March 14-18). The goal is to finalize the post-2015 global framework on disaster risk reduction, ten years after the Hyogo Framework for Action was created to make the world safer from natural hazards.
Disaster risk reduction is a key pillar of UNFPA's work globally, including across Asia and the Pacific, the region most prone to natural disasters.
UNFPA's 23 country offices in the region, supported by the Asia-Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok, assist governments and civil society partners in responding to emergencies, reducing immediate risk and preparing for future disasters -- underpinned by UNFPA’s unique mandate encompassing sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, population data and youth empowerment.
In recent years, UNFPA's interventions have provided crucial support to pregnant and lactating women -- ensuring safe child-birth and neonatal care, and saving lives -- as well as helping prevent gender-based violence in the wake of crises such as Super-Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines, earthquakes in Nepal, floods in Kashmir, frequent natural disasters in Afghanistan and Indonesia, as well as the long-running Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Women also play a leading role in helping communities respond more effectively to disasters, and are the very backbone of a stronger society.
Special side event - March 15: Health systems’ resilience and women’s crucial role during disasters
WHAT'S A DIGNITY KIT?
A dignity kit comprises the basic items that women and girls need to protect themselves and maintain hygiene, respect, and dignity in the face of natural disasters and crises.
Find out more about what's inside a standard kit: UNFPA's Dignity Kit
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Responding to the Ebola Outbreak
PUBLICATION: Women are the Fabric - Reproductive Health for Communities in Crisis
In disasters, women are the backbone of resilience
