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Inclusive disaster risk management : a framework and toolkit

FERRETTI, Silva
KHAMIS, Marion
2014

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This framework and toolkit have been designed to support practitioners in challenging and deepening inclusiveness in their work. They have been designed in simple language, so the resource should be easy to adapt for the use of field staff as a complement to existing manuals and operational resources on DRM. The practical framework contains the following sections:introduction, framework for inclusive DRM, levels of achievements, and assessing inclusiveness, using the framework for,  annexes and Q&A. Throughout the resource, related resources and checklists are provided and the toolbox features cartoons, tools catalogue, learning pills, case studies, poster and 4D lenses. These resources are useful for practitioners who want to develop an understanding of inclusive DRM framework and to learn how to practically assess inclusiveness in in ongoing DRM situations

Mainstreaming disability in disaster management : a toolkit

HANS, Asha
et al
2012

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The toolkit promotes an understanding of the main issues and concerns from the perspective of people with disabilities in the context of disasters and provides an understanding for integration and mainstreaming. The comprehensive toolkit provides a step by step approach for the inclusion of disability in disaster management. 

  • It provides the user with a resource to help plan in mainstreaming disability in disaster management
  • A guidance note, which summarizes the mainstreaming needs and enables users to understand them from the perspective of a Person with Disability.
  • A guidance on the most appropriate methodology to be adopted for including disability in the disaster management process, to monitor and evaluate it; a good practice scenario and a road map.
  • A checklist for use and FAQs are provided in the last section. Section wise essential readings and a reference, which refers specifically to the issue, has been provided to give the background and deeper understanding. Most of these are accessible through the Internet. At the end of the document additional references are provided. This section refers to the most important writings, handbooks and guidelines available. As very few resources have been developed on the subject, generic material has been included

​This toolkit is intended for use by policy makers, government officials, members of Panchayati Raj Institutions, non-government organisations, disabled peoples organisations and disaster management practitioners

networklearning.org

NETWORK LEARNING
December 2005

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This website aims to make high quality manuals, field books and training courses easily available to groups who need them (free of cost to those in the South but with a contribution of $25 requested from those in the North); to encourage colleagues to be open to new knowledge and skills, to plan and stick to self-guided learning; to introduce topics which may be new to some people an to link users to resources, useful organisations, websites and materials; and to provide a place for users working in different countries in the South to stay informed. The resources are available online and cover a variety of topics in a clear, easy to understand format. It provides a number of guidelines including guidelines for writing reports [http://www.networklearning.org/writing-reports.html] and a simple guide to the web [http://www.networklearning.org/web.html]

Source International Information Support Centre

SOURCE INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION SUPPORT CENTRE

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Provides details of over 20,000 materials on international health and disability issues, including books, manuals, reports, posters, videos and CD-ROMs. Many of the materials are unpublished literature produced in developing countries, and much is not recorded in other databases. Details of resources include subjects, keywords, price, publisher and distributor. This database references the Source collection which has been developed from the merger of the resource centres of Healthlink Worldwide and the Centre for International Child Health, and in partnership with Handicap International, UK and Exchange, to produce Source, an international information support centre, which aims to support health and disability activities worldwide

Connect (Child-to-Child e-newsletter)

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Aimed at health workers and teachers, this newsletter provides information on child-to-child activities worldwide, and provides an update on training courses and materials produced in the UK and elsewhere
Free

Newsletter from the Sierra Madre

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Provides examples of successful community health care and CBR programmes in Southern countries, in particular a disability and rehabilitation centre in rural Mexico called Projimo.
Two/Three times a year
Free online

Ageways|practical agecare for development

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Aimed at all health workers, Ageways has an international focus on health issues, projects and programmes for older people. Provides practical ideas and information for people working with older people
Two times a year
Free online
£18/US$35 (elsewhere)

World blind e-bulletin

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Features interviews with people involved with blindness and eye health, provides news from regions and countries affiliated to the World Blind Union. Includes photographs, news and new technology updates, announcements of upcoming events and reviews of new publications
Produced up to six times a year
Free

Disability rights international

DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL

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Disability Rights International aims to protect the rights of people with mental disabilities through awareness raising of living conditions for children and adults with disabilities and through advocating for legislation to protect their rights. This website would be useful to people with an interest in human rights, legal reform, disability and development

ICF education

WHO FUNCTIONING AND DISABILITY REFERENCE GROUP (FDRG)

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A web portal for the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) education materials. The portal is for sharing resources as well as for finding materials, and resources are available in a variety of languages including English, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese and Finnish

My disability matters

EARDON, Dale

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“My Disability Matters” is a membership website created for and by people with disabilities. The website shares news and opinions on about disability issues in Australia, with a special focus on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

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