Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Welcome to the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery. Our goal is to become a global centre of excellence on crisis prevention and recovery, through attracting the best professionals, providing knowledge and quality services, responding quickly and appropriately to country demands, and building effective partnerships.

Listen to Kathleen Cravero
Director of the Crisis Bureau

UNDP's crisis prevention and recovery efforts address a number of issues including disaster risk reduction, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, justice and security sector reform, gender equality and more...

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Stopping Sexual Violence

Security Council Demands Halt to Acts of Sexual Violence Against Civilians in Conflict Zones

On 19 June 2008, the Security Council demanded the “immediate and complete cessation by all parties to armed conflict of all acts of sexual violence against civilians” as violence and sexual abuse of women and children in some war zones had become so widespread as to “reach appalling levels of brutality.”

Capping a day-long meeting on women, peace and security, the 15-member Council unanimously adopted resolution 1820 (2008), which noted that “rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide." Read more...

A woman in DRC who was forced into
prostitution after her parents' death. Source: UNICEF/Christine Nesbitt

Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council meeting on Women, Peace and Security
Full text of Resolution 1820 (2008) on women and peace and security (pdf)
Learn about the Eight Point Agenda for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality
Find out more about key statistics on women in crisis from our special section on gender
Read speeches by Kathleen Cravero, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, on Women Targeted or Affected by Armed Conflict, The Critical Role Played by Women in Rebuilding Society after Crises and Approaches to Security System Reform

	Listen to Kathleen Cravero, Director of the Crisis Bureau, discuss the global programme on Women and Girls in Crisis

	Stop Rape Now is a joint UN initiative on prevention and response to sexual violence in crisis situations. For more information on this initiative, visit the United Nations Inter-Agency website.