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THE GENDER AND DISASTER NETWORK www.gdnonline.org
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THE GENDER AND DISASTER NETWORK
www.gdnonline.org
Who We Are
A vibrant online community of researchers and practitioners working towards gendering disaster risk reduction.
An international Network working with women and men, girls and boys, regardless of sexual orientation, class or caste, race or ethnicity, physical or mental ability.
Embed gender and development within disaster work and embed gendered disaster risk reduction into development work.
Aim & Focus
Our focus is on all forms of disasters : ‘natural,’ biological, technological, and social disasters including the risks presented by climate change.
Knowledge generation
What We Do
Networking and collaboration
Information sharing
“The empowerment of women really needs to begin in their teenage years. I was struck in India by how many teenaged women were interested in being trained to do search and rescue work. What better ways to empower them than by creating opportunities for them to help their communities and to be recognized as heroes when they actually do so.”
– Mary Hope Schwoebel, GDN member
Gender and Disaster NetworkSchool of Applied SciencesNorthumbria UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne NE1 8STUnited KingdomTel: +44 191 227 3757Fax: +44 191 227 3519Website:
http://www.gdnonline.org
Contact Us
Connecting people
for gendered DRR
