disaster risk reduction

"By advancing gender equality today as a powerful driver of development, and working towards ensuring lives free of violence and poverty, we will secure a sustainable tomorrow and a thriving Community for all." Message From Dr.…
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(GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CARICOM Secretariat) - Ministers of Gender in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have sharpened and supported the Community’s positions as preparations heighten for the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Commission on the…
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Stakeholders in gender development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are examining women and girls’ empowerment in the context of climate change, the environment and in disaster risk reduction, as CARICOM prepares its positions ahead of…
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By Dr Barbara Carby, Director of Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, The University of the West Indies (Jamaica Observer) The start of the May rains reminds us that the threat of floods and, shortly, the hurricane season, must now start to…
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(Barbados Government Information Service) Government is continuing its efforts to reduce Barbados’ risks to natural disasters, and increase the island’s resilience. Minister of Home Affairs (of Barbados), Edmund Hinkson, highlighted this…
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