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Community-based disaster risk management training expanded to 21 coastal provinces Format Hanoi, July 6, 2021 – In partnership with Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority (VNDMA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a two-day online kick-off meeting and workshop on community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) on 06-07 July 2021 for all 28 coastal provinces. The event was under the framework of the project “Improving the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities ...

English News and Press Release on Tajikistan about Contributions, Disaster Management and more; published on 01 Jun 2021 by UNDP

Applying for the Bootcamp Please contact cyber@grandview.edu or call 515-263-2830 to enroll. Are there prerequisites for the Bootcamp? You will need English reading proficiency, basic math and logic skills, and most of all, drive and motivation to learn in an accelerated environment. After admission, students are expected to complete the self-paced Prework module (~20 hours) before the start of the Bootcamp, whose objective is to bring everyone to the same level of technical expertise. I dont ...

English News and Press Release on Viet Nam about Recovery and Reconstruction, Flash Flood, Flood and more; published on 29 Apr 2021 by UNDP

New initiative on disaster risk finance and inclusive insurance in Viet Nam Format Ha Noi, 28 April 2021 – The United Nations Development Programme organized an inception workshop for an upcoming diagnostic study on disaster risk finance and inclusive insurance. The workshop aimed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Vietnamese context and identify the possible interventions and technical support needed for the country, which has been selected as one of the first ten countries to part...

Government of Japan commits US$ 1.3 million to help save lives of pregnant women in Zimbabwe Format …support comes in the context of COVID-19 which has stretched health resources Harare/Tokyo , 22 April 2021 – The Government of Japan and the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, have signed a US$ 1,3 million partnership grant in a project that will help save the lives of pregnant women in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is currently experiencing a huma...

Johannesburg, South Africa Data Analysis of the Polls conducted on the Internet of Good Things (IoGT), TuneMe and U-Report as part of the UNFPA/UNICEF collaboration on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health & HIV Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) and Report Writing   Purpose of consultancy: The COVID-19 pandemic is a situation affecting billions of lives across the world. Effective management of the pandemic partly depends on communication and people’s knowledge, attitudes, beh...

UNFPA and the Government of Japan join hands to provide essential health and gender-based violence services to women and girls in Libya Format Tripoli, 6 April 2021 – The Government of Japan has provided UNFPA with USD 1.3 Million to support national efforts for protecting the health and dignity of women and girls in most vulnerable and marginalized communities in Libya. The project launched on April 1st, 2021 is primarily focused on addressing the challenges related to gender-based violence ...

On International Women Day, France announces scaling-up support to UNFPA’s Gender Based Violence response in Libya Format Tunis, 8 March 2021 – As a commitment to continue supporting the people of Libya in a humanitarian context marred by a decade-long instability further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, France provides UNFPA with EUR 285.000, to maintain and expand the Psychosocial Helpline. The ‘1417’ helpline established by UNFPA with the support of France in 2019 has proved ins...

8 March 2021 New Delhi: Prosus, the global consumer internet group of Naspers, announced today the launch of a new higher education and employment initiative for marginalised women and girls in India in partnership with UN Women. India has one of the largest opportunities in the world to boost GDP by advancing womens equality and participation in the workforce - $770 billion of added GDP by 2025.[1] 67% of all men of working age are employed and only 9% of women are.[2] Barriers to entry for wo...