Conflict zones present numerous hardships, but the issue of menstruation often remains hidden in the shadows. Without access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and proper hygiene products, women's health is at risk. They must find ways to manage their periods with limited resources, resorting to unhygienic practices and using whatever materials they can find. But amidst these challenges, there are organizations working tirelessly to address the issue and provide much-needed support. Today, we have a special guest joining us, Melissa Robel. She is the Founder and President of Pads 4 Refugee ..read more

As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, it is important that we build cities that are resilient to the challenges. To understand urban resilience better we had invited two guests for this episode of the Dignity in Disasters which was recorded last year. The first guest is Mridula Garg an urban researcher who is interested in feminist and anti-caste ways of being and city making. She trained as an architect from Delhi and studied urbanism in Stuttgart and Cairo. She has worked on urban resilience projects at SEEDS, a non-profit organisation from India working to build the resilience o ..read more

Rya is a young innovator and an advocate for refugee integration from Ghana. He has been home schooled in his entire life. But that did not mean he stopped learning. He speaks ten languages, including English, German, French, conversational Mandarin, and several local languages. Rya is the CEO of The RIO Corporation and the Director of Social Impact and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) at Maxwell Investments Group. He has leveraged cryptocurrency for humanitarian efforts. In this episode we speak to Rya about refugee integration, how the RIO Corporation has been using cryptocurrency ..read more

Before you hear this, do check out our full conversation with Udit Mittal here: https://anchor.fm/dignityindisasters/episodes/Udit-Mittal-Co-creating-resilient-structures-in-the-Sunderbans-e1bkbfs/a-a731b2s I wanted to know from Udit what would be some 'words of wisdom' he would like to share with young architects who are just out of college. "Not everything is solved on the design table." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dignityindisasters/message ..read more

Udit Mittal (B.Arch, SPA Delhi 2015, Diploma in Fine Arts) is the Principal Architect of QX Design and guest faculty at NIFT Bhubaneswar. He is committed to explore material sensitive construction methods to design emotional and social spaces. His projects focus on experimentations with bamboo, ferrocement, debri wall, mud lime etc. largely in rural context involving community participation in the design process. In this episode we speak at length about his experience of building multi-hazard resilient structures in the Sunderbans after super cyclone Amphan and exploring new building technique ..read more

Kanij Fateema is an architect based in Dhaka, a city which I love because of my family's roots there. Kanij has previously worked for IOM-UN’s Migration Agency under Rohingya Response Project which is responding to the biggest humanitarian crisis in South Asia in the past decade. Soon after graduation, she founded Deshoj, a startup to address different urban issues that are affecting our quality of life. One of her notable projects is, CARE (Children’s Amusing Ride Environment), focused on making public buses of Dhaka friendly for children and women. What stands out in this episode is Kan ..read more

Kankana Narayan Dev is a Bamboo Architect and Researcher presently a Doctorante at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. Born in Tezpur, India, Kankana completed her Bachelor of Architecture degree and Masters of Architecture in Urban Design, Manipal University. Kankana worked as  Project Architect for Assam State Disaster Management  Training Program, at Tata Institute of Social Sciences from 2012 till 2014  then she shifted to academic research while also initiating her social enterprise DARRANG ECO WORKS, designing and constructing sustainable houses and furniture us ..read more

May 20, 2020 was another day in quarantine for rest of the world, but not so for the state of West Bengal. West Bengal government estimated total loss caused due to Cyclone Amphan at Rs 1,02,442 crores.  While the state tried to recover, we came across stories of ordinary people stepping up and coming to the aid of people whose lives were destroyed by the super cyclone. Fact: The warmer the water temperatures, the more heat energy is available and the higher the potential for tropical cyclones to develop. So it’s reasonable to assume that as humans continue to release planet-warming green ..read more

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