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Preventing and Confronting Disasters with a Gender Focus |
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25 October 2007
UN-INSTRAW, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Office of the National Administrator of European Development Funds (Oficina del Ordenador Nacional para los Fondos Europeos de Desarrollo -ONFED) and the European Union Delegation in the Dominican Republic organized a gender training workshop under the framework of the Programme ”Prevention and Preparation to Confront Disasters” which took place at the headquarters of the National Emergency Commission, on 24 October 2007, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Programme is an initiative of the Dominican Government, financed by the European Union and coordinated by the UNDP. The workshop aimed at reducing the Dominican Republic’s vulnerability by, incorporating women’s participation and decision-making in managing, evaluating, alerting, and disseminating information when facing the impact of natural disasters. UN-INSTRAW will offer training with a gender perspective to Dominican governmental institutions associated to the Programme, so that women and men may give a more adequate response to all citizens affected by natural disasters.
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