Essays about: "UNDRR"

Found 4 essays containing the word UNDRR.

  1. 1. Gender-Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction : Challenges and Solutions in UNDRR Policymaking

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tilda Matikainen; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-responsive; DRR; Disaster Risk Reduction; Policymaking; UNDRR; UN; United Nations; United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction;

    Abstract : This paper brings insight into the international regime on Disaster Risk Reduction and its responsiveness to gendered dimensions. More specifically, it investigates the translation from theoretical prescriptions to policy practices in the internationally operating United Nations Office for DRR (UNDRR). READ MORE

  3. 2. Indigenous Peoples and Power Relations in Disaster Risk Reduction : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Three UNDRR Frameworks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Josefin Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Indigenous peoples; Indigenous Knowledge; Power Relations; Disaster Risk Reduction; UN; Critical Discourse Analysis; Fairclough;

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  4. 3. Double Trouble : An analysis of the UNDRR’s inclusion of vulnerable groups in dual crises following natural hazards and COVID-19

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Louise Nordling; [2020]
    Keywords : Dual Crises; Natural hazard; COVID-19; Pandemic; Vulnerable Groups; Disaster Risk Reduction; Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030; United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction;

    Abstract : In 2020, the world and foremost vulnerable groups are facing “new” challenges. Dual crises of coexisting hazards like natural hazards occurring amid the COVID-19 pandemic has become more than a prediction. Hence, this thesis is a case study of dual crises and of how organisations and actors act upon those crises. READ MORE

  5. 4. Women Representation in Disaster Risk Reduction : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the UNDRR Frameworks

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Juliette Gerbais; [2020]
    Keywords : gender mainstreaming; women participation; social vulnerability; disaster risk reduction; Sendai framework; UNDRR; UN; women representation; international frameworks;

    Abstract : While early relocation is not makeable, disaster risk reduction seems to be the most effective tool to decrease the impact of a disaster. This case study focuses on three UNDRR frameworks as they appear to be the greatest instance of international documents referring to disaster risk reduction (DRR). READ MORE