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.

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.

Embed gender and development within disaster work and embed gendered disaster risk reduction into development work.

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

Knowledge generation

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

“ 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 Network School of Applied Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST United Kingdom Tel: +44 191 227 3757 Fax: +44 191 227 3519 Website: http://www.gdnonline.org Contact Us

Gender and Disaster Network

School of Applied Sciences

Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 191 227 3757

Fax: +44 191 227 3519

Website: http://www.gdnonline.org

Connecting people for gendered DRR