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This publication contains 13 testimonies of those who were in the front lines responding to the 2017 earthquakes in Mexico from the health, education, culture, first response, international cooperation and reconstruction sectors.

The Socio-Economic Recovery Plan (SERP) for Namibia outlines a strategy to address the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, focusing on health, social protection, economic recovery, and resilience.

Risk communications as part of the Local Resilience Capability is the focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 37). The briefing explores the communication of risk before and during emergencies, and identify how two-way communications are central to local resilience capabilities.

This Handbook highlights the importance of localization of the SDGs, helps assess the impact of COVID-19 on women’s economic security and recovery, and offers tools to develop feasible solutions for economic recovery and gender equality. 

This report presents community stories highlighting the mental health and wellbeing experiences of individuals affected by disasters, offering valuable insights and recommendations for supporting disaster-affected people.

This status paper has been prepared with the objective of providing an overview of progress in urban housing reconstruction to date, as part of the ongoing Post-earthquake recovery efforts in Nepal.

This study presents the findings of the survey to understand the status of the Building Code Implementation and to assess awareness level regarding the National Building Code at the districts affected by 2015 Gorkha earthquake.

The authors organized a pre-disaster recovery planning workshop, which helped observe the existing system of disaster management for cultural heritage in Intramuros.