As #GP2025 begins next week, the Women and Gender Stakeholder Group asserts that equitable, inclusive & transformative disaster risk reduction can't be achieved without full, equal & meaningful participation of women & girls in all their diversity. 📜 Read our reflections & key feminist demands:

“Stakeholders are doing the work. We are not sitting here waiting for change, we are shaping it.” Last week at #GP2025, Mishy Singano, Director of Policy at WEDO and co-coordinator of the Women and Gender Stakeholder Group, addressed participants to share outcomes.

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💬 Hear from members of the Women and Gender Stakeholder Group about their experiences preventing, responding to, and rebuilding from disasters — showcasing how women are leading in inclusive disaster risk reduction (DRR).

WEDO co-convenes the Women and Gender Stakeholder Group of UNDRR — one of 15 official groups engaging in the review process — to call for DRR efforts that are gender-just and equitable. #DisasterRiskReduction #Resilience #DRR #ClimateHealth #GPDRR #UNDRR #GP2025 #GenderJustice #ClimateJustice

Yesterday at #GP2025, we co-hosted a panel discussion unpacking synergies between different Gender Action Plans (GAPs) under multiple conventions & frameworks. 5 key takeaways: 1️⃣ Greater political will & institutional commitment are essential for GAP implementation.

5️⃣ The review of the climate GAP is a key opportunity to strengthen policy coherence & accountability. 📄 Read more about these takeaways in a LinkedIn post from our Policy Director, Mwanahamisi "Mishy" Singano: bit.ly/GP2025Takeaways

#DisasterRiskReduction #DRR #ClimateHealth #GPDRR #UNDRR Photos: GP2025 Gender Actors

Shame only exist in the shadow.

US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive.

The Trump administration has imposed a steep 50% tariff on Lesotho, a small, impoverished African nation of two million people – the highest tariff levied on any country ⤵️

“The climate crisis in Africa isn’t just a rural women’s issue—it impacts every aspect of life. It’s time to rethink our development pathways that center resilience, justice, and the realities of climate emergency” - Mishy, TV Interview in Abuja #ClimateJustice