Category: Themes

Mongolian Extreme Winter Season (Dzud): In Pictures

by rachelp | Jan 21, 2021 | Asia Pacific, Disaster risk reduction | 0 |

Mongolia is facing one of the most extreme winters on record, with temperatures forecast to...

Malaysian 2021 Floods: In Pictures

by rachelp | Jan 15, 2021 | Asia Pacific, Flood, Uncategorised | 0 |

Photos by Fadza Ishak/IFRC and Malaysian Red Crescent Society. Continuous torrential rain in...

IFRC Statement in support of the CVF “Midnight Survival Deadline for the Climate” initiative

by Léa Salwan | Dec 28, 2020 | Climate action, Disaster risk reduction, Lead, Themes | 0 |

The climate crisis is a humanitarian emergency. Every day, we are seeing the growing impacts of...

Iran Red Crescent volunteer saves a two-month-old baby with his first aid skills

by janisavolainen | Dec 11, 2020 | First aid, Iran, Middle East and North Africa | 0 |

Morteza Beigi, the Iranian Red Cross first aid volunteer, recovered a two-month-old baby back to...

Tackling the humanitarian impacts of the climate crisis together

by rachelp | Nov 19, 2020 | Asia Pacific, Climate action | 0 |

By Alexander Matheou, Asia Pacific Director, International Federation of Red Cross and Red...

A pandemic reminds us why health care professionals are so valuable

by janisavolainen | Nov 10, 2020 | Health, Middle East and North Africa | 0 |

Each nurse and midwife who joined the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has a different story,...

In pictures: Homes swamped, crops destroyed, Viet Nam faces multiple storm fronts

by rachelp | Oct 28, 2020 | Flood | 0 |

Photographs by Yen Duong/IFRC Since the beginning of October, multiple storms and heavy rainfall...

The Disaster Law Programme: Ten years in the Pacific

by Padmini Nayagam | Oct 21, 2020 | Disaster law | 0 |

Photo: Enia, pictured left, is registered at the first aid distribution following Cyclone Pam. Red...

The Disaster Law Programme: Fifteen years in Asia

by Padmini Nayagam | Oct 21, 2020 | Disaster law | 0 |

Photo: Red Cross has been involved in disaster law activities in Lao PDR since 2009 when research...

Yearbook of International Disaster Law – Third Webinar

by Padmini Nayagam | Oct 9, 2020 | Disaster law | 0 |

At the occasion of the launch of the call for abstracts of Issue no. 3 (2020) of the Yearbook of...

Yearbook of International Disaster Law – Call for Abstracts

by Padmini Nayagam | Oct 9, 2020 | Disaster law | 0 |

Yearbook of International Disaster Law Brill Publisher Call for Abstracts Vol. No. 3 (2020) – Deadline for abstracts: 31st October 2020 ABOUT THE YIDL The Yearbook of International Disaster Law (YIDL) aims to foster the...

Early action key as South Asia copes with four crises in one year

by rachelp | Oct 1, 2020 | Bangladesh, Flood | 0 |

In South Asia, more than 25 million people have been battling four crises in one year. Floods came...

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