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Cabot Venton, Courtenay
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Funding for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Humanitarian Programming
Evidence shows that women and girls are disproportionately impacted by disasters and conflict. These crises affect their life expectancy, education, maternal health, livelihoods, nutrition, as well as the levels of violence they experience. At the same ti
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The Economics of Early Response and Disaster Resilience: Lessons from Kenya and Ethiopia
In 2010 natural disasters affected more than 217 million people, killed more than 297,000 people and caused $123.9 billion in economic damages. The types, dimensions, and dynamics of humanitarian crises are further increasing, in some cases exponentially.