Establishing center for supporting affected women
Calling for understanding from the community
One voluntary organization thought that it was
indispensable to provide assistance focusing
on women in the long-term reconstruction
process and decided to establish “a women’s
support center.” Pushing the concept of
“assisting women” to the forefront, there were
some worries whether it would not go down
well with the traditional way of the community
and would not be welcomed by local
residents. However, the center was
established without any problems, and now it
provides training of handmade work based on
temporary housing communities and sells
products that women made.
This organization provides various types of
support within the temporary housing
community. It tries to work together with the
leaders of the residents’ association by
consulting them and communicating with
them about their on-going activities.