Six years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, among other countries, are still recovering from the impact of two of the deadliest hydrometeorological events in…
A recent assessment supported by the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP), revealed that Haiti’s water laws and policies are disjointed and weakly enforced, and the overall…
Haiti's exposure to multi-hazards, and pre-existing sociopolitical vulnerability and fragility make the nation susceptible to the impact of disasters.
Many studies have shown that disasters, including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, disproportionately affect women and girls, who are at greater risk of violence and exploitation…
With one billion, or 15% of the world’s population, experiencing a form of disability, and 80% living in low- and middle-income countries, we must consider the impacts of natural hazards on…
Haiti, a nation vulnerable to earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods—with high levels of poverty, rapid & unregulated urbanization, and fragile government agencies—was able to draw on financing…
Natural hazards are gender neutral; however, they do not affect all members of society equally. For instance, women are more vulnerable to the adverse economic effects of natural hazards, due to…
Using disaster risk modeling techniques, in combination with historical damage data, census and socioeconomic survey data, satellite imagery, drone footage, and other media, the GRADE assessment…
gender in disaster risk management
Haiti is one of the most deforested countries in the world, and hazards such as heavy rains devastate crops and livelihoods with a more challenging, longer road to recovery.