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The Caribbean Resilient, Inclusive, SMART and SAFE SIDS (RISS) Launch
UN Women, launches the Caribbean Model for “Resilient, Inclusive, SMART and Safe SIDS (RISS)". This model introduces inclusive, smart and safe urban, peri-urban and rural spaces as a resilient approach to climate change in the Caribbean.
The theme of this RISS Launch is "From The Caribbean to the World: Inclusive planning for resilient communities"
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Event type: Launch events
Start date: 31 October 2022 | Start time: 14:00 UTC +00:00
End date: 31 October 2022 | End time: 16:00 UTC +00:00
Location:
Zoom Platform,
Barbados
Event description
UN Women, launches the Caribbean Model for “Resilient, Inclusive, SMART and Safe SIDS (RISS)". This model introduces inclusive, smart and safe urban, peri-urban and rural spaces as a resilient approach to climate change in the Caribbean. This RISS programme is grounded in a human security approach, as it recognizes the intersections among climate change, disaster risk resilience, gender-based violence and economic empowerment in enhancing the safety and capacity of women, men, children, the elderly, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, youth, Indigenous people and all marginalized groups.
Register here:
https://unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-wyID7MnQeWZaEyAMPJxTg
Panelists:
- Prof. Michelle Mycoo, Lecturer, Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Deborah Thomas-Austin, East Port-of-Spain Development Company, Trinidad and Tobago
- Lennox O'Reilly-Lewis, Caribbean Development Bank
- Andrea Dempster Chung, Kingston Creative, Jamaica
- Adriana Campelo, UNDRR, Keynote Speaker
- Travis Graham, GoldenEye Foundation, Jamaica
- Moderator: Letitia Nicholas, Programme Analyst, UN Women
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Sponsored by: Multi-Country Office – Caribbean