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An absolute must: gender-aware responses to natural disasters
Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2010What would a gender-conscious response to natural disasters look like? This is the question posed in this article. It is an established fact that women are more vulnerable to natural disasters. For example, 80 percent of the deaths that resulted from the 2005 Asian Pacific tsunami were women.DocumentWebsite: Género y Desastres (Gender and Disasters)
2011This website came out of a 2009 workshop on disaster, gender and vulnerable populations in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC), which was held in preparation for the IV International Congress on Gender and Disasters (Colombia, 2011).DocumentMental health and development: targeting people with mental health conditions as a vulnerable group
World Health Organization, 2010This report, published by the World Health Organization, on mental health and development is a call to action to all development stakeholders - governments, civil society, multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, global partnerships, private foundations, academic and research institutions - to focus their attention on mental health. Key messages of this report are:DocumentEffective HIV/AIDS and reproduction health information to people with disabilities
Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2004Since the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in 1985, the prevalence of HIV and deaths from HIV/AIDS and related illnesses in Malawi have been rising steadily. In the early 1980s, HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics was at 2 percent and this rose an estimated 35 percent in 2000.DocumentTransport and mobility issues and concerns for people with disabilities in Malawi
Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2002People living with disabilities in Malawi as in other developing nations generally do not have access to suitable means of transport and mobility. The modes of transport existing in Malawi are buses, mini-buses, taxis and private vehicles. Rail is very limited and in most areas a non-existent mode of transport.DocumentTechnocratic and Populist Approaches to Economic Policy Making in Malawi
Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2002For several economic and political reasons, Malawi provides a particularly interesting case for the analysis of economic policy making. The country is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of below US$200, and ranking 157th out of the 174 countries on the UNDP human development index.DocumentCreating spaces for women with disabilities to communicate and advocate for their rights in South Asia (web portal)
Healthlink Worldwide [formerly Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group ], 2009This disabled women’s communication and advocacy project developed from a long-running partnership between Association for Women with Disabilities - India and Healthlink Worldwide.DocumentReport: The 2nd Regional Conference on Women with Disabilities 2010
Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific Region, 2010This 32-page report documents the 2nd Regional Conference on Women with Disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, which took place in Guangzhou, China (29-31 March 2010). Summaries of workshops, talks, key findings and conclusions are provided. The following briefly describes some of the conference highlights.DocumentReport: The 2nd Regional Conference on Women with Disabilities 2010
Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific Region, 2010This 32-page report documents the 2nd Regional Conference on Women with Disabilities, which took place in Guangzhou, China (29-31 March 2010). Included are summaries of workshops, talks, key findings and conclusions.OrganisationDisabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific Region (DPI/AP)
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