UNIFEM Responds to the Tsunami Tragedy

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UNIFEM Responds to the Tsunami Tragedy: One Year Later: A Report Card (December 2005, PDF, 398KB)

Aceh Tsunami Response (UNIFEM Newsletter)

Aceh: Tsunami's Women Survivors Demand Greater Role in Recovery and Reconstruction Efforts (UNIFEM News Release, 23 June 2005)

Asian Tsunami: UNIFEM Calls for Greater Role of Women in Recovery and Reconstruction Efforts (UNIFEM News Release, 23 June 2005)

In Disaster Zone, Women Are Key — Swanee Hunt and Don Steinberg (The Christian Science Monitor, 24 January 2005).

Press Release: medica mondiale Reports of Sexual Abuse in Regions Struck by the Tsunami (12 January 2005).

From the Region: UNIFEM Partners Share Their Stories

Protection of Women Victims Should Receive Priority — Sari P. Setiogi interviews UNIFEM Executive Director Noeleen Heyzer (The Jakarta Post, 12 January 2005).

Women Called on to Help Women Victims — Sari P. Setiogi (The Jakarta Post, 10 January 2005). Summary: A press conference was organized by the Indonesian Ministry for Women's Empowerment on 8 January 2005 in Jakarta to highlight the specific needs of female survivors of the Tsunami disaster. Addressing the media was UNIFEM's executive director, Noeleen Heyzer, and several women activitists who called on women across the country to help ease the suffering of victims. Reports of sexual harassment and human trafficking have appeared in recent days, presenting a serious threat to vulnerable women and young children in particular.

How Women Power Rebuilt Paddukuppam — by Sheela Bhatt in New Delhi (www.rediff.com, 10 January 2005)

Gender and Natural Disasters: Why We Should Be Focusing on a Gender Perspective of the Tsunami Disaster — by Rochelle Jones (Resource Net Friday File, Issue 208, 7 January 2005, Association for Women in Development)

Responding to the Tsunami Tragedy: Women Must Be at the Heart of Rebuilding Shattered Communities — by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM (Statement, 5 January 2005). “As the international community organizes to provide much needed assistance, it must prioritize the mobilization and support of women's networks that are crucial for emotional, social, and economic recovery.”

In Sri Lanka's Time of Agony, A Moment of Peace — by David Rohde (The New York Times, 4 Jan 2005)

Criminals Target Tsunami Victims — Kate McGeown (BBC News, 4 January 2005)

Useful Information

Gender Notes from the Gender and Disaster Network:
» Gender Equality in Disasters: Six Principles for Engendered Relief and Reconstruction
» Hard Lessons Learned: Gender Notes for Tsunami Responders

Socio-Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Gender Analysis — by Sarah Bradshaw (ECLAC, Women and Development Unit, Santiago, Chile, May 2004).

"The Impact of Disasters on Women," Chapter 2 of Handbook for Estimating the Socio-economic and Environmental Effects of Disasters, Vol. IV, Section Five, Overall Effects of Damages, (ECLAC July 2003).

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