The Gender and Disaster Network is an international organization that works to promote gender equality in disaster risk reduction. It aims to embed gender perspectives in both disaster work and development work. The Network generates knowledge through networking, collaboration, and information sharing. It focuses on all types of disasters, including those related to climate change, and works with people of all backgrounds.

1. THE GENDER AND DISASTER NETWORK www.gdnonline.org

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Knowledge generation What We Do Networking and collaboration Information sharing

5. “ 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

6. 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

7. Connecting people for gendered DRR