This symposium highlights the theme “Managed Retreat as a Tool for Disaster Resilience with a Diversity/Gender Perspective” based upon case studies on Japan, the US, Nepal and the Philippines. The major findings of the research project on the Managed Retreat as a Tool for Disaster Resilience: Japan and the US, funded by the Japan Foundation for 2018-2019 and jointly conducted・・・

The Report of the session “Consensus-building for Reconstructing Disaster Resilient Societies: Diversity and Gender Perspectives from Japan and the World Japan Women’s Network for Disaster Risk Reduction” by Japan Women’s Network for Disster Risk Reduction(JWNDRR) November 25-28,2017 International Disaster and Risk Cinference 2017, Sendai, Japan

JWNDRR will convene the symposium “Consensus-building for Reconstructing Disaster Resilient Societies: Diversity and Gender Perspectives from Japan and the World,” as described in the flier.

JWNDRR held the World Tsunami Awareness Day International Symposium: Towards resilient recovery through gender and diversity perspective. Documents distributed Program Attached sheet Issues and Challenges Ms. Akiko Domoto, Chair of the Symposium Steering Committee (Recovery and rehabilitation from disaster from gender and diversity lens) Prof. Yoshimitsu Shiozaki, Professor Ritsumeikan University (Recovery and Consensus Building) Presentation of Case Studies Loreine B.・・・

1) Objective In March 2015, the Third UN World Conference on DRR (WCDRR3) was held in Sendai and the ‘Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030 (SFDRR)’ was adopted as the new framework for action. At this symposium we would like to hold a discussion on how gender perspectives have been included in the new framework, what legislative amendments must take place・・・

In the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was adapted. Japan Women’s Network for Disaster Risk Reduction has made a series of requests to the Japanese government and United Nations to incorporate enhancement of the gender perspective, gender equality and women’s leadership, and necessity of women’s empowerment・・・

press conference at midnight of 18th March is now reported on JANIC (Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation) website. the closing press conference » UN WEB TV

JCC2015 presented Global Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction for Civil Society, “Dreams for 1,000 years.” This message was made from messages that participants of Public Forum wrote in JCC2015′s People’s Pavilion, and thematic pavilions, “Civil Society Collaboration and Disaster Risk Reduction” and “Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction.” » http://jcc2015.net/en/news/150317-dream-for-1000-years/