[S40] The importance of Woman's-leadership advancement, to protect woman's dignity amid and after disaster situation.
| Organizer | The Sanaburi Foundation |
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- Disaster prevention
- Gender
- Leadership development of Woman
Outline
In light of issues such as the violation of women's rights and their dignity in evacuation shelters following the Great East Japan Earthquake, funding was provided to a project to train female leaders in disaster prevention and mitigation in seven regions of Japan using the Dormant Deposits System, with more than 350 people completing the course over a period of two and a half years. In discussions of disaster prevention and mitigation for large-scale disasters, there is often a focus on the physical aspects of disaster preparedness and how to survive natural disasters, but there is insufficient discussion of the period after survival until a stable life is restored. In this session, we would like to discuss the need for women to demonstrate leadership in the management of evacuation shelters during this period, and how this can lead to improvements in quality of life and the reduction of risks such as sexual violence, based on the human resource development of our seven projects and our experience of providing support after the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
