Japan proposes sharing women's disaster experience
Japan will submit a draft resolution to the United Nations next week calling for greater recognition of women's roles and challenges in the event of major disasters.
Japanese government representative Hiroko Hashimoto announced the plan in New York on Friday at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Hashimoto said the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last March provided a chance for people to recognize the roles women could play in disaster prevention, relief work and reconstruction.
She also said Japan wants to share the lessons it learned from the disaster to help the international community build better response systems.
Japan's draft resolution also emphasizes the importance of protecting women from violence in the event of major disasters.
Saturday, March 03, 2012 09:09 +0900 (JST)
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KawamotoDragon.com
Saturday, March 3, 2012
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