IFRC Child Protection & Covid-19 Overview
A simple overview of risks and actions that can be taken to protect children during COVID-19
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Awareness material
COVID-19: Protection, gender and inclusion considerations Key messages: Ensure Dignity, Access, Participation and Safety
COVID-19: Protection, gender and inclusion considerations Key messages: Ensure Dignity, Access, Participation and Safety (17/3/2020)
IFRC Technical Guidance Note: how to consider PGI in the response to COVID-19
“Protection, gender and inclusion” (PGI) refers to all Red Cross Red Crescent actions which address violence, discrimination or exclusion, in all contexts where National Societies work. This guidance note outlines issues that may threaten people’s dignity, access, participation and safety and suggests actions to address these threats.
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Parental Tips
Useful COVID-19 Resources for Parents How to talk to your kids about coronavirus Tips on Social distancing, quarantine and isolation during a disease outbreak Coping with stress during the COVID-19 outbreak Caring for someone with COVID-19
Flood Resilience Alliance: Philippines Country Briefing
The Philippines is the twelfth most populated country in the world and is ranked third globally in terms of its vulnerability to natural hazards. The Philippines is especially prone to hydrometeorological events with floods accounting for over 80 per cent of natural hazard events in the country during the last 50 years, with devastating economic and social impacts. The Zurich Flood
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Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop (China Oct 31 – Nov. 1)
Documentation related to the 2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop presented in Hong Kong, China on October 31 – November 1, 2018. Document of the CAP Implementation Workshop Flyer: 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop Call for Participation WMO Letter to Member States Information Note for Participants Participants Agenda of CAP Training on October 30.
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Public Awareness and Public Education for Disaster Risk Reduction: Key Messages
In 2011, the IFRC published Public awareness and public education for disaster risk reduction: a guide designed to help National Societies scale up their work in disaster risk reduction campaigning, partnerships and education. Alongside this guide, we carried out research on what activities are going on within National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, and within the wider
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2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Proceedings
The Fifth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was the first occasion for the world to come together and discuss early progress on implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted by UN Member States in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk
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Learning From Disaster Simulation Drills in Japan
This report was developed to introduce Japanese disaster simulation drills as a model to help other countries plan and implement disaster simulation drill exercises. The main objectives of this guideline are to: 1. Provide an overview of the institutional and legislative frameworks for Disaster Management which underpin the organization of disaster simulation drills in Japan;
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Liste de vérification sur la législation et la RRD (version pilote, mars 2015)
La Liste de vérification sur la législation et la réduction des risques de catastrophes dresse une liste succincte de dix questions prioritaires que les législateurs, les fonctionnaires responsables, et les personnes qui les soutiennent doivent prendre en considération pour s’assurer que leurs lois prévoient le meilleur soutien pour la RRC. Elle couvre non seulement les lois dédiées
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