Environmental management and the mitigation of natural disasters 2002, para. 4
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The Commission recognizes that women play a vital role in disaster reduction (prevention, mitigation and preparedness), response and recovery and in natural resources management, that disaster situations aggravate vulnerable conditions and that some women face particular vulnerabilities in this context.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Environment
Gender
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2002
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Environmental management and the mitigation of natural disasters (2002), para. 4.