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Panel 2.3: Gender Dimensions and Human Rights Aspects to Responses and Recovery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Sheela Rani Chunkath ,
Della Sherratt ,
Rashid A. Chotani ,
Ines Smyth ,
Katherine Burns  and
Melania Hidayat
Sheela Rani Chunkath
Affiliation:
Health Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, India
Della Sherratt
Affiliation:
Famil and Community Health Department, World Health Organization (WHO)/South East Asia Region
Rashid A. Chotani
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ines Smyth
Affiliation:
Gender Advisor, Policy Department, Oxfam, Great, Britain
Katherine Burns
Affiliation:
Senior Gender Adviser, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (United Natopms-UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
Melania Hidayat
Affiliation:
National Programme Officer, United Nations Population Fund (United Nations Population Fund), Indonesia
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Abstract

This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of the Gender Dimensions and Human Rights Aspects toResponses and Recovery of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to gender dimensions and human rights pertaining to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is pr presented in the following major sections: wing (1) gaps encountered and major issues; (2) limitations of response; (3) what could have been done better?; and (4) recommendations.

Keywords

adultschildrendisasterdisplacementgenderhuman rightsrecoveryresponsetsunamiviolencewomen
Type
WHO Special Report: Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 404 - 407
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2005

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