Community Participation Can Help Build Back Better after a Disaster In Maldives, community participation played a key role in the recovery of affected communities after the 2004 tsunami.
Enhancing Women-Focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.
Helping Women Cope with the COVID-19 Crisis Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on women can help policy makers design gender-sensitive measures as part of their economic recovery plan.
Child-Centering Road Safety: Making Sure It Works for Girls and Boys They are seen, they are important road users, and their voice and agency can help make roads safer.
How Women Entrepreneurs Can Make Rural Water Schemes Sustainable In Sri Lanka, the rural water sector has benefited from the active role of women in management and operations.
Securing Women's Place in Sri Lanka's Apparel Industry Upskilling through TVET and STEM education can help prepare female workers for the automation of apparel manufacturing in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Electrifying Remote, Rural Communes through Hydropower A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
How Civil Society Organizations Can Promote Financial Inclusion Microfinance anchored on civil society organizations is a promising model in banking the unbanked.
Tapping Into the Potential of Women in the Water Sector In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
Promoting Women's Participation in Sustainable Tourism Development This piece highlights how sustainable tourism development can support the empowerment of women and minorities.