Southasiadisasters.net, Issue No. 229 | February 2026

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most serious yet least addressed risks in disaster and climate contexts. This issue of Southasiadisasters.net examines how disasters, displacement, extreme heat, migration, water scarcity, recovery processes, and climate adaptation can intensify violence against women and girls when protection systems are weak or absent. The issue argues that GBV in and around disasters is not incidental; rather, it is predictable, preventable, and central to disaster risk reduction and climate resilience by 2030.

Drawing on field experience, action research, and policy reflections from across India and South Asia, the issue highlights practical areas for action: safer Panchayat planning, protection-centred school safety, gender-responsive early warning, secure shelters, safer workplaces, women-led governance, and protection-sensitive climate finance and nature-based solutions. Together, these articles call for embedding dignity, safety, and justice into every stage of disaster governance.

This issue draws from the work of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in India; Duryog Nivaran in South Asia, ADRRN at Asia Pacific; and UN Women and UNDRR at the global level, with a focus on AIDMI’s work with disaster-affected women across the past 12 disasters.

In This Issue

1. Ending Gender-Based Violence in Disaster Risk Reduction by 2030
2. Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and Disaster Risk Reduction
3. Listening to Women: Making Panchayat DRR Plans Safer and Stronger
4. School Safety and Gender-Based Violence: Making Protection Central to Disaster Risk Reduction
5. Urban Heat and Women’s Enterprise Protection: Making Safety Central to City Resilience
6. Early Warning Systems and Gendered Access: From Information to Protection
7. Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Domestic Violence: When Recovery Reshapes Power at Home
8. Extreme Heat, Livelihoods, and Gendered Violence: Protecting Women at Work in Rapidly Warming Cities
9. Disaster Displacement, Relief Camps, and GBV Risks: Making Humanitarian Shelters Safe for Women and Girls
10. Stopping Climate-Induced Migration, Workplaces, and Sexual Harassment
11. Community Preparedness, Early Warning, and Women’s Protection Everywhere
12. Extreme Heat and Women’s Safety in Public Spaces
13. Water Scarcity, Climate Stress, and Harassment: When Survival Becomes a Safety Risk
14. Climate-Induced Migration and Workplace Violence: Women on the Move, Risks at Work
15. Nature-Based Solutions Must Protect Women, Not Put Them at Risk
16. आपदा जोखिम न्यूनीकरण में लैंगिक-आधारित हिंसा: एशिया-प्रशांत क्षेत्र के लिए प्राथमिक कार्य क्षेत्र
17. Gender-Based Violence in Disaster Response is Predictable—and Preventable in the Asia Pacific
18. Ending Gender-Based Violence around Disasters: Areas of Action by 2030