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06 Dec 2011

World + 6 others
Making Women's Voices Count - Integrating Gender Issues in Disaster Risk Management - Overview and Resources

Report
— World Bank
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Overview

The Challenge: Linking Gender Issues to Natural Disasters and Disaster Risk Management Programs

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20 Jul 2011

Bangladesh
Bigger role for women in disaster preparedness

Report
— IRIN

DHAKA, 20 July 2011 (IRIN) - In a nation considered the most vulnerable to natural disasters in the world, women must be enabled to take on a bigger role in disaster preparedness and response, experts say.

IRIN:

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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02 Jun 2011

Bangladesh + 6 others
1 st Regional Earthquake Response Seminar Ends with Formation of Core Group for Regional Support

Report
— US Department of State

EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION TEL: 880-2-883-7150-4 FAX: 880-2-9881677, 9885688 E-MAIL: DhakaPA@state.gov WEBSITE: http://dhaka.usembassy.gov

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17 Apr 2009

Bangladesh + 1 other
Conference on gender and disaster risk reduction in Beijing, China from 20 - 22 April 2009

Report
— UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Geneva - Women and men are affected differently by disaster due to the economic, social and cultural roles they play in society. 90 per cent of the people killed in the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh were women. It was the same in USA, when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans African American women were among the worst affected. Women are often the main victims of disasters as they account for more than 70 per cent of the world's poor.

As climate change will make storms, floods, and cyclones more frequent and severe in the future, more than ever, men

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20 Oct 2008

Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Saber Ahmed - "I said, 'the island is sinking' but my brother refused to leave"

Report
— IRIN
COX'S BAZAR, 20 October 2008 (IRIN) - In 1991 a cyclone killed 22,000 people on Kutubdia Island in the Bay of Bengal, off the coastal town of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh. Saber Ahmed, 45, now lives in a settlement for "environmental refugees" from the island.

Bangladesh's coastal area and offshore islands are only five to eight metres above sea level. Soaring global temperatures are increasing glacial melt in the Himalaya Mountains, swelling the rivers that flow down from the mountains and across the Bangladeshi floodplain,

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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21 Jan 2003

Bangladesh
Bangladesh gets 14.4 million dollars for disaster management

Report
— Agence France-Presse
DHAKA, Jan 21 (AFP) - Bangladesh signed Tuesday an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to launch a 14.44 million dollar initiative on disaster management.

The money includes a contribution of 8.10 million dollars by British overseas aid agency DFID and will be spent over the next five years to reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters on Bangladesh, a UNDP statement said.

Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely-populated countries, experienced more than 170 major disasters such as cyclones, floods, droughts and earthquakes between 1970 and 1998.

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21 Jan 2003

Bangladesh
Bangladesh: UNDP and Government sign multi-million dollar disaster management deal

Report
— UN Development Programme
Earlier today, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Bangladesh signed an agreement to launch a USD 14.444 million initiative, aimed at substantially reducing the impact of natural and man-made disasters on the people of Bangladesh over the next five years.
UNDP contributed USD 6.340 million towards the initiative, while the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) gave a further USD 8.104 million through UNDP.

Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely populated countries, is prone to frequent disasters including, cyclones,

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30 Apr 1991

Bangladesh
Bangladesh - Cyclone Apr 1991 UNDRO Situation Reports 1-10

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs


UNDRO 91/0731
BANGLADESH - CYCLONE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
30 APRIL 1991

1. SEVERE STORM WITH WINDS UP TO OVER 200 KPH HIT BANGLADESHI COASTLINE IN CHITTAGONG AREA ON TUESDAY 30 APRIL. MEDIA REPORT SO FAR MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE KILLED, FIGURE EXPECTED TO RISE. SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOUSING REPORTED AND CHITTAGONG AND COX' BAZAR PARTLY INUNDATED. COMMUNICATIONS WITH AFFECTED AREA INTERUPTED AND NO OFFICIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT YET AVAILABLE.

2. UNDRO IN CONTACT WITH UNDP/UNDRO REPRESENTATIVE IN DHAKA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON SITUATION.

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