Table of Contents
Chapter 1 -- LifeKobe

Yuko Nishiumi

What is frightening is frightening

Junko Yano

What is wrong with putting a little makeup on?

O.R.

Self-discipline, self-discipline, we are told…

Tae Shibata

The meaning of fun

Kazuko Sakaki

Rubbish dropped on the roads

Tae Shibata

Box dinners at evacuation centers don't go bad

Rei Kujo

Taking part in the toilet inspection in Kobe

Miharu Kawamoto

When the able-bodied are in ruble, are handicapped shoved aside?
Yoshiko Azuma
I wasn't able to go to an evacuation centerH.E.

About schools serving as evacuation centers

Tae Shibata

What I discovered after the earthquake

I.S.

In memory of Mrs. Eiko Mitsuya

Keiko Muroya

Living in temporary housing

Fumi Miyasato

The disaster, its aftermath

Mitsuyo Mita

Our charcoal briquette bath

Mayumi Kobayashi

What is life, if not being tossed about?

Satomi Amano

We remember…from a distanceNozomi Kawai

Chapter 2 -- Work
Transportation is a crucial lifeline

Taeko Inada

A wife of a rogue (A yakuza-like woman)

Y.R.

What is a company?

Reiko Masai

Mass dismissal of part-timers

Tomoe Kuroda

Together with the labor union, I fought against the company
O.M.
Don’t allow unfair dismissal

Tomoko Shimokawa

Unreasonable instruction from the National Personnel Authority
N.Y.
Why I resigned – the reasons I had as an insider of a large organization
Yoko Azumi

Double shock

U.Y.

A dentist took advantage of the earthquake turmoil

A.M.

Beware of employers’ ignorance

Naori Morimoto

I want to return to my previous workplace

M.A.

The Great Hanshin Earthquake and working women

Kumiko Fujimoto

Women’s domestic role in the post-disaster restoration work
Yoko Yamamoto

Chapter 3 -- Of Women and Men, Married Life and Single
Many mountains to crossKarin Hanazono

The old nest

Keiko Inamura

My Great Hanshin Earthquake story

I.M.

My extended family and myself

H.K.

Dutiful daughter-in-law

Y.K.

Off to a new start

Junko N., formerly know as
Junko M.

A cue from rice balls

O.R.

I can do anything!

Mie Yamamoto

Single means unfavorable

Nobuko Kawauchi

Complaints from a defacto wife

Y.S.

Keeping a comfortable distance

Harumi Shimizu

Women always send men offAkiko Sumida

Husband-phobia

M.K.

Miss Mi – protector of the house

Rie Yanagikawa

Chapter 4 -- Body and Soul
Troubles of mothers with babies

Rumiko Itami

The earthquake and sexual violence

Reiko Masai

Please understand the facts

F.M.

Suddenly, from the darkness

Rie Yanagawa

I want to know a little about my neighbors’ sex life

M.N.

Having a puppet play to comfort children

Mitsuko Amano

Swimming is not just a hobby

Yoshiko Azuma

After having a conflict with my mother, I came to learn who I really am
M.N.
Please listen to an SOS of our bodies

Yoshie Kashima

The toilet situation in the shelters

M.N.

What has changed? – feelings from the bottom of my heart
Hisako Sasaki
Aiming at stress free – as a public health nurse

Akiko Akamatsu

My experience as a doctor in the shelters

Chieko Hayashi

Chapter 5 -- Women are Ageing
Women are ageing

Yuko Nishiumi

We create our own society

Hitomi Tsujimoto

Making a community where we feel safe about getting older
Rei Nakajima
A moment in the shelters

Sachiko Hashimoto

A month in the shelter

Genzo Kase

Buried alive for 35 hoursY.M.

When women retire

Rie Yanagawa

Where will grandma go?

Tsutomu Ando

Chapter 6 -- Housing, Politics, Human rights
Who was the "affluence" for?

Reiko Masai

Regardless of the earthquake, women have no home in the three worlds
Yuko Azumi
Singles and housing problems

I.Y.

Isn't there peace for single mothers?

K.N.

The earthquake-exposed problems of single-mother families
Michie Mukai
Great earthquake and the disabled

Shoko Nishiyama

The disabled are always last: Cold reaction to voices crying for help
Kazumi Sakamoto
The Great Hanshin Earthquake for North Korean residents
Li Oku Sun
Tent city

Naori Morimoto

What did the administration do for foreigners?

Kazumi Moriki

The type of city we wish to live in: Toward reconstruction
Chie Kawasaki
The women's grass-roots election campaign was worthwhile
Reiko Masai

Chapter 7 -- Media
Picture transformed into drama

Shoko Hayashi

News reported and not reported

Akiko Wada

These words cannot be allowed

I.T.

Mass media focusing men

Yoko Yamamoto

Keeping humanity

Reiko Yamamoto

No more family love

Y.H.

Discussion -- Half a year has passed since the Great Hanshin Earthquake, and now…
Epilogue: 10 years after the Great Hanshin Earthquake by Reiko Masai
Disasters Serious Impacts on Women●Women’s Poverty●Mass Dismissal of Part-timers
Health and the Prevention of Domestic/Sexual Violence● The Impact of Shelter Life on Women’s Health● Insufficient Support for Pregnant Women and Mothers with Infants● Disasters and Violent Actions against Women
Women’s Participation in Disaster Reduction and Post-Disaster Reconstruction●Operationof Shelters

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Hanshin-AwajiEarthquake●ParticipationofWomen

Reconstruction Planning

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