Women’s ministries involvement in disaster risk reduction inadequate

NAMPA

2024-10-23

WINDHOEK, 23 October 2024 - United Nations Women Kenya Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist Beatrice Teya speaking at the Ninth Session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (AfRP-9) and the eighth High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Photo by: Sheila Perestrelo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 23 OCT (NAMPA) – The involvement of gender machinery and women’s ministries in disaster risk reduction is often insufficient, making it a key priority in the Sendai Gender Action Plan (GAP).
This was said by United Nations Women Kenya Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist, Beatrice Teya at the ninth session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (AfRP-9) and the eighth High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in W...

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