Providing places for women who cannot go home immediately after the disaster
Places where women can feel safe to evacuate
One private women’s organization sent its
contact information and address through
Twitter and took in several women who were
stranded by paralyzed transportation and
could not return home. The organization,
though small, could provide the necessary
help for women by circulating information on
“a place for women where they can feel safe
to stay” in a city filled with stranded people.
There was another example where a women’s
organization’s office was used for its workers
and their friends and acquaintances as a
temporary evacuation place. There were some
public women’s centers and related facilities
that provided accommodation for these
stranded people; however, some of them only
provided the same place for both men and
women, and some of the women felt unsafe.