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Women set to gain more say after quake
The Jakarta Post | Mon, 03/08/2010 3:29 PM | National
Women set to gain more say after quake
The Jakarta Post | Mon, 03/08/2010 3:29 PM | National
Arghea Desafti Hapsari
Tri Yasmawati never thought she would be sitting in the same class as her son, a second grader in an elementary school in the Lubuk Kilangan subdistrict of Padang, West Sumatra.
Tri Yasmawati never thought she would be sitting in the same class as her son, a second grader in an elementary school in the Lubuk Kilangan subdistrict of Padang, West Sumatra.
But when the 9-year-old refused to go to school out of fear another earthquake would hit, like the one that damaged his house on Sept. 30, 2009, Tri accompanied him to classes.
“I was traumatized by the quake but I had to deal with my children’s trauma as well,” she said. Tri, however, counts herself lucky when compared to many other women in the region.
She was among the few who recognized disadvantaged groups of people, including women, were greatly impacted by the quake. The member of LP2M, an NGO in Padang focusing on community analyses and empowerment, received training on gender sensitive post-disaster management late
