The study shows that a disability-inclusive disaster education program in primary schools in Yogyakarta significantly ...

This seminar marks this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 rd December) and focuses on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DIDRR). It aims to raise awareness of this ...

During the past decade, the world has witnessed an increase in the number of major disasters, such as the Asian tsunami in 2004, the Haitian earthquake in 2010, the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 ...

Australia now has the tools in place for disability inclusive disaster risk reduction, thanks to a co-designed research approach. After years of extreme floods and bushfires, and with a third La Nina ...

A United Nations online survey launched today seeks to provide insight into how to reduce risk and help persons with disabilities around the world cope with and prepare for disaster events. The ...

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* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. It has already been one week that I am in the Philippines now! Time goes fast but I’ve ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives and routines of people with disabilities in countless ways, said panelists during a recent National Academies webinar. For example, facemasks make it ...

In Bihar, a groundbreaking workshop emphasized the importance of disability-inclusive disaster management. By collaborating with UN agencies and NGOs, the state is committed to embedding the voices of ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Michelle Villeneuve receives funding to support this research from: - Queensland Government through the Queensland Disaster Resilience Fund and the Department of Communities, Disability Services and ...

Children and youths with disabilities in Bangladesh’s coastal regions face escalating climate risks, as worsening disasters deepen inequalities and erode access to basic services, a new study reveals.