International conference on rebuilding sustainable communities for children and their families after disasters

This conference will bring together specialists from various disciplines (such as health, education and community planning) to explore ways to reconstruct sustainable communities that will be safe for children and their families after disasters. It will seek to contribute to, and recommend, future policy formulation and implementation processes for local, regional and national governments, as well as multilateral agencies and grassroots organizations.

This conference will focus on four main objectives:
- The role of gender equality in alleviating poverty and assisting children, their families and their communities after disasters;
- The status of children and women in various communities after disasters and the continuing need for superior research and appropriate data;
- The roles of governments, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations; and,
- The promotion of human dignity in the creation of sustainable environments that empower families in the aftermath of disasters.

The conference will seek to contribute to, and recommend, future policy formulation and implementation processes by local, regional and national governments as well as multilateral agencies and grass-roots organizations. The goal of these efforts is to bring specialists from various disciplines (health, education, community planning, etc.) to explore and make recommendations on how to reconstruct sustainable communities that will be safe for children and their families after disasters.