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SUMMARY:CSW66 Special Event ‘Fireside chat: Women Reducing Disaster Risk’
DESCRIPTION:The Fireside Chat on Women Reducing Disaster Risk will be launched on March 18, 2022, on the anniversary of the adoption of the SendaiFramework for DRR. Stay tuned for more details!\nThe theme of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, provides an\nopportunity to celebrate women who are reducing our collective disaster risk and look at how\nthe UN system can more effectively support their efforts. This fireside chat will bring together\nthe President of the General Assembly, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for\nDisaster Risk Reduction, and women working in disaster risk reduction at all levels to share\nstories of resilience and discuss the impact of women’s leadership in reducing disaster risk.\nThe PGA will engage in an informal conversation-style discussion with Ms. Mami Mizutori,\nSpecial Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and four female\nleaders working in the field of disaster risk reduction to:\n\nRecognise and celebrate the leadership of women in disaster risk reduction at all levels.\nIdentify the institutional changes that are needed to better support women’s leadership\nin disaster risk governance, and how the barriers that women face can be reduced.\nExplore ways to ensure education, training and skills of women and girls, particularly\nin STEM fields, as the foundation for knowledge and participation in disaster risk\nreduction.\nHighlight the benefits of strengthening the participation and leadership of women, in\nall their diversity, in building resilience and reducing future disaster risk.\nDiscuss how the UN system can better engage directly with grassroots women’s\norganizations to centre their voice, agency, and leadership in disaster risk reduction.\n\nViolet Shivutse, from Shibuye Community Health Workers, Kenya and Chairperson of Huairou’s Governing Council is one of the four grassroots leaders participating in this event.\n\n \n
URL:https://staging.huairou.org/events/csw66-special-event-fireside-chat-women-reducing-disaster-risk/
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