DRR Awards

The Women International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Award, the Risk Award, and the Sasakawa Award recognize excellence, innovation and leadership in disaster risk reduction.

About the awards

WIN DRR Leadership Awards

The Women International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awards recognize women's achievements in DRR across the Asia-Pacific region. The awards are part of UNDRR's flagship women's leadership initiative the Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR), supported by the Government of Australia.

There are two award categories, the Excellence Award, proudly sponsored by SM Prime, and the Rising Star Award. The WIN DRR Excellence Award is proudly supported by SM Prime Holdings Inc. and US$10,000 will be awarded to an individual woman who has achieved exceptional professional success in DRR.

Sasakawa Award

The United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction is awarded to an individual or institution that has made active efforts to reduce disaster risk in their community and advocates for disaster risk reduction.

The United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, together with the World Health Organization Sasakawa Health Prize and the UN Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize, is one of the three prestigious prizes established in 1986 by the founding Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Mr. Ryoichi Sasakawa.

The RISK Award

The RISK Award has been set up to help improve risk reduction and disaster management by providing financial support to projects dedicated to the topic. Launched in 2012, it awards up to €100,000 every two years to fund groundbreaking projects.

The award is jointly organised by Munich Re Foundation and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

Recent news and events

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UNDRR and the Munich Re Foundation are putting the RISK Award at the service of disaster risk reduction and are launching the 2025 RISK Award – Call for Applications.
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The nominations for the 2024 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awards are now open! Nominate yourself or others by 14 June 2024.
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This report highlights some of the key achievements of WIN DRR and the global momentum on women’s leadership in DRR to which the network has contributed
WIN DRR Leadership Awards 2023
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The WIN DRR Leadership Awards recognise women’s achievements in disaster risk reduction across the Asia-Pacific region.
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A project for a water resources early warning system in the Inkomati Basin, which is shared by South Africa with Mozambique and Eswatini, was announced today as the winner of the 2023 RISK Award.
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The RISK Award 2023 focuses on early warning. Projects can deal with sudden-onset disasters as well as slow-onset disasters. We are looking for projects addressing one or more of the following key elements of early warning systems:
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Rajib Shaw - Professor at Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan - has championed multi-hazard community-based disaster risk reduction in six Asian countries, and his work has led to the establishment of village level community-based working groups.
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Three individuals – Myriam Urzúa Venegas, Rajib Shaw and Glenn Suerte Felipe Banaguas – and three organizations – the Pacific Disaster Center, Save the Children Philippines, and SEEDS – are the six laureates of the 2022 United Nations Sasakawa Award.
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Nominations for the United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, under the theme “Building resilience through a multi-hazard approach" are open.
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The inaugural WIN DRR Leadership Awards have been granted to Ms. Vasiti Soko, Director of the National Disaster Management Office in Fiji, and Dr. Nuraini Rahma Hanifa, an earthquake scientist who founded U-INSPIRE Alliance
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