COVID-19 and localization
Local actors are critical both as first responders in a crisis and the providers of long-term support. Since the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, work has continued through the Grand Bargain...
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Why Gender Matters to the Private Sector in Disaster Management
When the private sector invests in building the resilience of their assets – whether capital, facilities, or employees – it contributes to strengthening local resilience. Working with women on such...
La Journée pour la Réduction des Risques de Catastrophes: Entretien avec la Plate-forme humanitaire du secteur privé de la Côte d’Ivoire
- Países
- Costa de Marfil
- Fuentes
- CBi
- Fecha de publicación
Dans le contexte de la Journée nationale pour la réduction des risques des désastres le 13 octobre, nous avons invité les réseaux membres de la Connecting Business initiative (CBi) à partager...
13 Octobre : Journée internationale de la Réduction des Risques de Catastrophe (RRC)
Le thème retenu par la coopération internationale pour cette journée mondiale est le suivant : « La gouvernance des risques de catastrophe ». Ce thème oblige les autorités à agir en se fondant sur...
International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction: A Haitian Perspective
In the context of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, we invited CBi Member Networks to share why disaster risk reduction (DRR) matters now more than ever and why it is...
Lessons learned from COVID-19: How the private sector can support disaster prevention, response, and recovery
[The below article was originally published on Business Fights Poverty on 25 September 2020.] By Karen Smith, Programme Coordinator, Connecting Business initiative There were myriad situations where...
PDRF, New Zealand launch partnership strengthening LGUs’ COVID-19 infection prevention and control
17 SEPTEMBER 2020, MANILA —Continuing its efforts to strengthen the Philippine health system and its pandemic response and recovery capacities, the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF)...
Gender and Disasters (Part I)
When a disaster strikes, whether it is due to a natural phenomenon such as a hurricane or an earthquake, or a manmade conflict, women and men are not affected in the same way. The inequalities that...
Preventing a lost generation: Private sector partnerships to support refugee education now and beyond the coronavirus pandemic
By Shirin Pakfar, Chief of Private Partnerships and Philanthropy, UNHCR and Karen Smith, Programme Coordinator, Connecting Business initiative - CBi (UNDP and OCHA) The COVID-19 pandemic has led to...
CBi support for the Beirut Port explosions response and recovery
The Beirut Port explosions created immediate and urgent humanitarian needs, but also longer-term consequences to the country with a large population of refugees and is affected by a confluence of...
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