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PARTICIPATION
Promote wide participation in events and related processes.
ADVOCACY
Provide advocacy on the importance of a fully inclusive approach to decision-making at all levels and in all spheres of action, in political and training spaces.
VIRTUAL SPACE
Having a virtual space for promotion, dissemination and exchange of knowledge and information on inclusive disaster risk management with emphasis on people with disabilities.
Our Portfolio
Inclusive Alert System
ABS Inclusive Evacuation
Official declaration People with disabilities
Official declaration Ecuador, GP RRD Cancún 2017
Recommendations for people with disabilities in earthquakes.
Inclusion of people with disabilities in RRD (CBM India)
Members
The Inclusive Risk Management Network for Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean is created to promote effective participation and inclusion of people with disabilities and is made up of the following members:
RIADIS - Red Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Personas con Discapacidad y sus Familias
CONADIS
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale , Foundation
OEA
Kipu Llaxta
Humanity & Inclusion – HI
RET International
CBM
OPS
UNDRR
ONG Inclusiva
ASB
SECRETARIA DE GESTION DE RIESGOS
%
Don't participate in the decision-making nor the planning of community processes.
%
Of the inquired people say they don't have a a personal preparation plan in case of disaster.
20%
Would evacuate immediately without problems and 6% would not be able at all.
From 20% to 38%.
Would be able to evacuate if they had enough time.
News
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12 March, 2024
Within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030, inclusive…
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19 February, 2024
In the current era, where disasters and extreme events are increasingly frequent, inclusive…
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29 January, 2024
In a world marked by the frequency and intensity of disasters, community resilience stands as…
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04 December, 2023
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In conmemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Disability…
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21 October, 2023
Join the Dialogue on Good Practices in Inclusive Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the…
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11 June, 2018
In one of its articles, the EFE agency interviews Carlos Kaiser, director of NGO Inclusiva and…
Recommendations
In all phases of disaster risk management, it is essential to identify:
• Who are the people with disabilities?
• Where are people with disabilities?
• What do people with disabilities need?
• Information management on disability
Identification (Visibility),
• In disaster risk reduction.
• In the reduction and preparation of disasters
• In disaster preparedness, response and recovery:
CONCRETE ACTIONS,
Representation of people with disabilities with community-based participation approaches;
People with disabilities, the people who help them and the organizations that represent them should be included in decision processes, including risk assessments.
EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION,
