Children’s action for disaster risk reduction: views from children in Asia

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This publication provides children and youth in Asia a platform to report on progress made towards "the need to protect women, children and other vulnerable groups from the disproportionate impacts of disaster and to empower them to promote resiliency within their communities and workplaces" (as recognized in the declaration adopted in Incheon by the Asia Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2010) from their own point of view. Previous surveys conducted with children globally show that their views on local governance for disaster risk reduction often tend to be less positive than those of adults in all respects. This suggests that children have contributions to, or views about the process of improving local governance for disaster risk reduction which are unique to children but not yet being taken on board.

Language(s): English

Tags: Gender ; Natural hazards ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Climate change ; Social aspects ; Region II - Asia ; Bangladesh ; Cambodia ; Indonesia ; Nepal ; Philippines ; Thailand ; Viet Nam Add tag