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This brochure provides background information on UN-HABITAT and its Water for African Cities (WAC) Programme, and the UN-HABITAT and Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) partnership. Fully aware of the burden placed on women and children in fetching water, and

This Resource Guide seeks to assist water professionals, politicians, gender specialists and others in their efforts to provide improved access to water for poor women, children and men all over the world.

The initial Resource Guide was launched during

This report seeks to analyze the underlying causes of continued disaster vulnerability, to showcase best practice from the field and to highlight some of the key issues emerging from the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR), held in Kobe, Japan

This manual is about how to protect children from sexual violence and sexual exploitation, specifically in disaster and emergency situations. It is not intended to be an academic, rather a practical guide that will be of use to people working directly in

These guidelines have been formulated to assist governments, the non state sector and civil society in dealing with women who have been affected by disaster. They are meant to be practical, easy to follow steps that need to be taken in responding to women

SEEDS pamphlet series, number 22, 2005:

The projects described in this pamphlet have been selected because they have served not only to strengthen women’s productive roles but also to integrate women into various sectors of social and economic

This issue addresses floods as among the most destructive natural hazards causing extensive damage to infrastructure, public and private services, the environment, the economy and devastation to human settlements. It advocates for better preparedness at

This handbook sets forth standards for the integration of gender issues from the outset of a new complex emergency or disaster, so that humanitarian services provided neither exacerbate nor inadvertently put people at risk; reach their target audience