November 5 is World Tsunami Awareness Day. The aftermath of the 2004 event showed that tsunamis, like all disasters, are not gender-neutral; a disproportionate percentage of the fatalities were female.
Resilience can be created anywhere - even at the kitchen table.
In the documentary “Tsunami Ladies”, producers Emiliano Rodríguez Nuesch and Víctor Orellana show how the women fed neighbors and helped revive their local economies after the tsunamis
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Resilience can be created anywhere - even at the kitchen table. For six women from Chile and Japan who survived the massive tsunamis that devastated their villages, food played a vital role in helping their communities rebuild and recover. In the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
