SriLanka: WOMEN ARE THE KEY


Ms. Dharmadasa knows the meaning of loss. Her voice softens as she describes her son, who is among the thousands of missing in the deadly civil war that wracked her country even before nature's latest onslaught. Over the years she has developed her organizing skills to pull together mothers on both sides of the conflict to demand an end to the fighting. Now she's using those skills to help tsunami victims. Read more

SriLanka: WOMEN & SURVIVAL


As aid workers in Sri Lanka consider the sad statistics left by the tsunami, they say that customs in poor, rural villages that the women to a strict standard of modesty and caretaking were a major cause of death. Read more

Women's Role in Tsunami Reconstruction
The response to this devastation must simultaneously address the urgency of the present and the inequalities and injustices of the past. The special protection needs of women and girls require attention, and the voices and perspectives of women and women's support networks need to be given visibility in national strategies for relief and reconstruction, by aid organizations and by the media. Read more

India: CONCERN ON WOMEN


Many women have lost their husbands and sons in the tsunami. In such cases it should be ensured that they are given legal heir certificate and also that they receive the compensation amount of Rs.1,00,000/- as announced by the Govt of Tamil Nadu. In the same light women who have also reported that their husbands are missing should also be eligible for compensation by considering that they are dead after 7 days of missing. Read more

India: RECOMMENDATIONS TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS


National Commission for Women and Tamil Nadu State Commission for Women, on the 20th of January, 2005, held an interaction with victims of Tsunami and civil society organizations working among them to formulate recommendations for relief, rehabilitation and restoration in the affected areas. Read more

India: REHABILITATION OF WOMEN VICTIMS OF THE TSUNAMI


Gender based division of labour continues to exist in fishing sector. Majority of the women and girl children were engaged in sustaining life and livelihood of their male fish workers through taking care of their basic needs and that of the future generation. A note prepared by SHEHA, an NGO working in Tamil Nadu coastal areas. Read more

ILO: GENDER AND NATURAL DISASTERS; POINTS TO PONDER


From the Research conducted in by ILO. Read more

Indonesia: ACEH WIDOWS BEGIN THE TASK OF REBUILDING


A bottle of lemon squash was all that remained of AisyahSabi's food stall in front of her home near the beach in the Indonesian province of Aceh. The devastating walls of water from last December's tsunami cut short Sabi's efforts to become an entrepreneur and lift her out of poverty. Read more

Women and the Tsunami: Ensuring Effective Reconstruction
Post-tsunami relief and reconstruction has begun to shift from meeting immediate needs to focusing on mid- and long-term reconstruction. Helping disaster victims rejoin the workforce "will allow [them] to take control of their own lives and start rebuilding their businesses and communities," according to USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios. Read more

Special Challenges for Women Survivors
Women who survived the disaster now face difficult and special challenges-such as getting access to maternal and reproductive health care, protecting themselves from sexual abuse in refugee settings, and perhaps taking on new roles as primary economic providers for their families. Read more

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