Information Officer II
Dept. of Information & Public Relations
Telephone: 468- 2740
Email: shersmith@gov.vg
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Department of Disaster Management
Office of Gender Affairs
Release Date:
Friday, 24 May 2019 - 5:32pm
The two-day Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Workshop kicked off at the Moorings yesterday May 23. The workshop brought together over 70 persons from government, civil society, academia and the financial sector. The session is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Finance, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), the Office of Gender Affairs of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, the Recovery and Development Agency, Disaster Recovery Coordinating Committee and the United Nations Development Programme. (UNDP) The workshop continued on Friday May 24 and focused on building the capacity of government employees in gender and disaster risk reduction. (Photo credit: Franklyn Skerritt)