Q&A: Disaster Resilience Starts with Grassroots Women

Inter Press Service: Women and girls can be powerful agents of change, but they are disproportionately affected by disasters because of social roles, discrimination and poverty. The International Day for Disaster Reduction on Saturday this year celebrates the theme of "˜'Women and Girls -- the [in]Visible Force of Resilience''. IPS correspondent Julia Kallas sat down with three women -- Josephine Castillo, grassroots community leader and organiser with DAMPA in Manila, Philippines; Haydee Rodríguez, president...

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