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Violence Against Women and Girls Resource Guide: Disaster Risk Management Brief

Abstract: Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support services, and prevent future harm. Ample studies have shown that natural disasters, including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, disproportionately affect women and girls, who are at […]

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Reducing Urban Poverty – A new generation of ideas

Recognizing a need to develop and strengthen urban-focused practitioner and policy-making ties with academia, and disseminate evidence-based development programming, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Comparative Urban Studies Project, USAID’s Urban Programs Team, the International Housing Coalition, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance teamed up to co-sponsor an academic paper competition for graduate students studying urban issues. The first competition took place in

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Acting Today For Tomorrow- Climate Resilient Pacific Islands

Pacific island countries continue to be among the most vulnerable in the world: they combine high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with low capacity to manage the resulting risks. Their vulnerability is exacerbated by poorly planned socioeconomic development, which has increased exposure and disaster losses, and by climate change, which has increased the

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Global Risk Report 2015

10th edition of this Report from the World Economic Forum. It looks at a range risk trends in the context of ongoing political, economic, social, environmental, and technological challenges. Source: World Economic Forum, 2015 Global Risk Report 2015 Global Risks 2015

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Workshop Report: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps in Social Media Use During Disasters

This report examines four types of challenges (operantional; social science; visual and data analytics; & technical challenges) in social media use during disasters. Workshop Report: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps in Social Media Use During Disasters http://www.hsuniversityprograms.org/default/assets/File/DHS-NGA%20Social%20Media%20Workshop-Jul2013-Final%20Report.pdf

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The Use of Social Media in Risk and Crisis Communication

This report highlights the changing landscape of risk and crisis communications and in particular how social media can be a beneficial tool, but also create challenges for crisis managers. It explores different practices of risk and crisis communications experts related to the use of social media and proposes a framework for monitoring the development of practices among countries

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Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations

This report summarizes how social media have been used by emergency management officials and agencies. It also examines the potential benefits, as well as the implications, of using social media in the context of emergencies and disasters.    Bruce R. Lindsay  Analyst in American National Goverment  September 6, 2011    Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future

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Harnessing Urbanization to End Poverty and Boost Prosperity in Africa- World Bank

Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More than half of Africa’s population will live in its cities by 2040.  Well-managed urbanization has the potential to propel growth, enable job creation and end poverty. There is global evidence that there are strong correlations between urbanization, economic growth and poverty reduction

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Report on Early Warning for Technological Hazards

Technological hazards are an increasing source of risk to people and their environment. This is an effect of the globalization of production, an increase of industrialization and a certain level of risk of accidents connected with production, processes, transportation and waste management. These risks are associated with the release of substances in accident condition or with the production

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