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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 2g
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders to:] Also ensure, in post-disaster environments, protection and care of and support to the victims of violence and, as appropriate, the provision of legal and other relevant services for victims of violence to aid, inter alia, in the investigation and prosecution of sexual and gender-based violence, taking into account women's needs in order to avoid the revictimization of women;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Women and the environment 1992, para. 7
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- Gravely concerned that major causes of the continuing deterioration of the global environment are the unsustainable pattern of production and consumption, particularly in developed countries, and increasing poverty in many developing countries,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 9
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- Welcoming the response and longer-term recovery efforts of the affected countries as well as the continued support and assistance given by the international community in the relief and recovery efforts for natural disasters in all parts of the world, including the deadly typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) that struck the Philippines on 8 November 2013 and the devastating earthquake that struck eastern Japan on 11 March 2011, and other recent natural disasters, including those addressed in recent humanitarian appeals, while stressing the importance of further efforts in these responses, including in gender-responsive disaster management,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 3
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- Further recognizes that, in addition to focusing on physical infrastructure during the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase, social and economic transformation in the areas of housing, income generation and agriculture and the informal sector, and health care, including psychosocial counselling, should also be taken into consideration in order to adequately address gender priorities;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Mainstreaming gender equality and promoting empowerment of women in climate change policies and strategies 2011, para. 6
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- Recalling further the decision of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 9 November 2001 on improving the participation of women in the representation of parties in bodies established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or the Kyoto Protocol,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2011
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Women and the environment 1992, para. 7
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- Reminds Governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as transnational corporations, of the necessity of facilitating the access of women in developing countries to environmentally sound appropriate technologies;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
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Women and the environment 1992, para. 4
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- Taking into account all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, in particular resolution 46/167 of 19/December 1991 on women, environment, population and sustainable development,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 1992
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 4n
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders:] To systematically collect, analyse and utilize demographic and socioeconomic data and information disaggregated by sex, age and disability, among other factors, for the purpose of contextual social and gender analysis and for identifying and addressing the differing coping strategies, needs, capacities, knowledge and priorities and vulnerabilities of women, girls, boys and men, continue to develop gender indicators and analyse gender differences, including through gender-responsive needs assessment, participatory planning processes and methodologies, and integrate this information into disaster risk reduction and management policies and programmes in order to ensure programme and policy effectiveness and reduce the loss of life and livelihoods;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 4o
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders:] To document and assess disaster risk reduction activities and disaster and recovery responses from a gender perspective, and widely disseminate, nationally, regionally and internationally, information on good practices, lessons learned and tools, including technologies in support of disaster risk reduction, in order to promote and ensure their integration into disaster risk reduction planning;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 2o
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders to:] Recognize also the important role played by female professionals and volunteers, inter alia, in meeting women's needs and further encourage their participation in disaster risk reduction, including prevention, mitigation and preparedness, response and recovery;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Integrating a gender perspective in post-disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster 2005, para. 5
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- Underlines the need for the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action41 and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly42 in order to address the major challenges to women and girls in natural disasters and in their aftermath;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Integrating a gender perspective in post-disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster 2005, para. 11
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- Also calls on Governments to promote and protect the full enjoyment of human rights by women and girls, including in the context of natural disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2005
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Women's economic empowerment 2010, para. 15
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- Bearing in mind that in the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development, Heads of State and Government and high representatives recalled, inter alia, that gender equality and empowerment of women are essential for economic growth, poverty reduction, environmental sustainability and development effectiveness and reiterated the need for gender mainstreaming into the formulation and implementation of development policies, including financing for development policies, and for dedicated resources,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Mainstreaming gender equality and promoting empowerment of women in climate change policies and strategies 2011, para. 2
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- Reaffirming also principle 20 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, which recognizes that women have a vital role in environmental management and development, and in this regard recalling the objectives of Agenda 21 relating to women, particularly with regard to women's participation in national ecosystem management,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2011
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 2
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- Also recognizes that natural disasters and the ability to recover from them can affect men and women differently, and that a gender-responsive approach, including gender-sensitive needs assessments, during post-disaster recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction, has the potential to address underlying social issues that create vulnerability to disasters and prolong the time needed for economic and social reintegration and productivity;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 4a
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders:] To review national policies, strategies and plans and take action to integrate a gender perspective in policies, planning and funding for disaster risk reduction, response and recovery, considering the different impacts that natural disasters have on women and men;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Mainstreaming gender equality and promoting empowerment of women in climate change policies and strategies 2011, para. 8
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- Encourages Governments, international financial facilities and institutions, the private sector and civil society, as appropriate, to promote the participation of women and ensure that a gender perspective is incorporated into the design, approval, execution and monitoring of climate change-related projects;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2011
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 3
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- Recalling the agreed conclusions of the forty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women of 15 March 2002, Commission on the Status of Women resolution 49/5 of 11 March 2005, as well as Commission resolution 55/1 of 4 March 2011 entitled “Mainstreaming gender equality and promoting empowerment of women in climate change policies and strategies”, the Hyogo Declaration and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, which was held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005, as well as all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, including its resolutions 66/9 of 11 November 2011 and 66/120 of 15 December 2011,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 2j
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders to:] Ensure women and men's equal access to natural-hazard early warning systems and promote disaster risk reduction planning, taking into account the specific needs, views and all human rights of women and men, and raise public awareness and provide training at all levels on gender-sensitive approaches to disaster risk reduction, including in the areas of science and technology;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 2l
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders to:] Systematically collect demographic and socio-economic data and information disaggregated by sex, age and disability and continue to develop gender indicators and analyse gender differences, including through gender-sensitive needs assessment and planning processes, and integrate this information into disaster risk reduction and management policies and programmes;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Women and the environment 1992, para. 6
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- Expressing its concern about the global environmental crisis and its conviction that women have an important role to play in the protection of the environment and natural resources and in the promotion of sustainable development,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
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Women and the environment 1992, para. 5
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- Calls for the active participation of women in the management of funds allocated to the protection of the environment and to sustainable development;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
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Women and the environment 1992, para. 10
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- Requests national Governments and all governmental and non-governmental organizations to ensure the equitable participation of women in their delegations to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1992
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Women in agriculture and rural development 1995, para. 6
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- Also urges Governments to consider the need to revise national legislation so as to give rural women rights regarding access to land ownership and technology as well as natural and productive resources;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 1995
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 4b
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders:] To facilitate and increase women's access to information and education, including in the area of science and technology, including information and communications technology, and economics, thus enhancing their knowledge, skills and opportunities for participation and leadership in environmental decisions, including during natural disasters;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2014, para. 1
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- Bearing in mind that natural disasters affect human lives and living conditions thereafter, and have a more direct and adverse impact on women and girls, as well as vulnerable persons within groups such as children, older persons and persons with disabilities, and that natural disasters have different impacts on men and women, owing to social exclusion, gender inequality, gender stereotypes, different family responsibilities, discrimination against women and poverty, as well as the lack of equal access to adequate services, information, economic opportunities, entitlements, justice and safety,
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2014
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 2c
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders to:] Strengthen the capacities of relevant authorities and institutions at all levels to apply a gender-sensitive approach to disaster risk reduction (prevention, mitigation and preparedness), response and recovery, while raising their awareness, and promote cooperation among them;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 2f
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders to:] Ensure that in post-disaster environments special attention is given to sexual and gender-based violence and to the prevention of various forms of exploitation, including the risk of trafficking and the particular vulnerability of girls, unaccompanied children and orphans;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 2n
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- [Urges Governments and, where appropriate, United Nations entities, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and other stakeholders to:] Recognize and further promote the role of civil society, including community-based organizations, women's organizations and volunteers, in disaster management and in promoting the building of an inclusive, disaster-resilient society that ensures women's full participation;
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- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters 2012, para. 4
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- Welcoming the response of the affected countries as well as the support and assistance given by the international community in the relief and recovery efforts for natural disasters in all parts of the world, including the devastating earthquake that struck eastern Japan on 11 March 2011, and other recent natural disasters, including those addressed in recent humanitarian appeals, while stressing the importance of further efforts in these responses, including in gender-responsive disaster management,
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2012
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