Nepal: ACAPS Short Note: Nepal Floods (as of 9 September 2014)
Source: Assessment Capacities Project, Start NetworkCountry: NepalCrisis OverviewThe monsoon season had a normal start until early August, when heavy rains created massive landslides in Jure, Mankhaa...
View ArticleWorld: South Asia to get new drought monitoring tool
Source: AlertNetCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, WorldAmantha PereraSouth Asia is set to get a new drought monitoring tool next year, which...
View ArticlePakistan: Christian Aid launches appeal to help flood victims in South Asia
Source: Christian AidCountry: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan12 September 2014 - Christian Aid has launched an appeal to help victims of severe floods across four countries in South Asia - India,...
View ArticleBangladesh: Floods in South Asia
Source: OxfamCountry: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, PakistanMillions of people across South Asia have been affected by the massive floods of August and September 2014.Donate online now to Oxfam's Disaster...
View ArticleIndia: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (9 - 15...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Viet NamINDIARescue and relief operations are ongoing in Jammu and...
View ArticleWorld: Global emergency overview Snapshot 10–16 September
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic...
View ArticleWorld: Violence against Women and Girls: Lessons from South Asia
Source: World BankCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, WorldThis report documents the dynamics of violence against women in South Asia across the life...
View ArticlePakistan: The 2014 Rainfall Season: South and East Asia
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Viet NamHighlights• The dominant feature of the 2014...
View ArticleNepal: Nepal in historic introduction of the injectable Inactivated Polio...
Source: UN Country Team in NepalCountry: NepalThe IPV will help secure a world free of all polio diseaseKATHMANDU, 18 September 2014 – In a landmark step to accelerate the global eradication of polio...
View ArticleNepal: Disaster Review 2013
Source: Government of NepalCountry: NepalDWIDP Concerns: Water Induced Disaster Prevention'BackgroundNepal suffers from different types of water-induced disasters such as soil erosion, landslides,...
View ArticleNepal: DWIDP Bulletin July 2014, Series XV
Source: Government of NepalCountry: NepalTable of Contents● Events / Activities● Water Induced Disaster in Tamor River Sub-Basin, East Nepal● Permeable Structures for River Training Work● Determination...
View ArticleNepal: Nepalese “Zero Hunger” Drawing Wins Prize In WFP’s Global Children’s...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: NepalKATHMANDU – Fourteen-year-old Dhan Bahadur Bohara of Bajhang district of Nepal has been named as one of the winners in a global children's design competition,...
View ArticlePhilippines: Asia-Pacific Humanitarian Bulletin January - June 2014
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Myanmar,...
View ArticleNepal: Silenced and Forgotten: Survivors of Nepal’s Conflict-Era Sexual Violence
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: NepalSet System of Reparations, Justice for Victims(Kathmandu) – Both government forces and Maoist combatants raped and sexually harassed women and girls during...
View ArticleWorld: Global emergency overview Snapshot 17–23 September
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic People's...
View ArticleNepal: Peaks and Valleys: Nepal’s Migration Story
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Bhutan, Nepal, United States of AmericaBy Joe Lowry in KathmanduPosted on Wed, Sep-24-2014This is a story – or two stories – about three women...
View ArticleNepal: Nepal: Before and After the Sunkosi Landslide (18 Sep 2014)
Source: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationCountry: NepalIn the early hours of August 2, 2014, nearly 2 kilometers of hillside collapsed in rugged northern Nepal. Some 5.5 million cubic...
View ArticleNepal: Eye on the Sun Koshi Landslide: Monitoring and Infrastructure Planning...
Source: International Centre for Integrated Mountain DevelopmentCountry: NepalBy Arun B Shrestha, Narendra R Khanal, Mandira Shrestha, Hari Krishna Nibanupudi, and David Molden on 04 Aug 2014In the...
View ArticleNepal: ICIMOD rapid field investigation: Jure landslide dam site Jure,...
Source: International Centre for Integrated Mountain DevelopmentCountry: NepalNarendra Raj Khanal and Deo Raj GurungOn 5 August 2014, two experts from ICIMOD joined other teams from the Disaster...
View ArticleWorld: Polio this week as of 24 September 2014
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iraq, Israel, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, occupied...
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