Acehnese women have contributed to post-conflict and tsunami development. However, existing policies have not covered what they need, and even tend to discriminate against them.
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Two decades of post-disaster and conflict learning should be enough to remind us of the importance of meaningful access and participation for Acehnese women. The facts are yet to reflect this.
There is a need to be alive to tensions between short- and long-term objectives, as well as the assumptions we hold around what we consider to be “better” and how to achieve it.
A combination of tectonic plates, geography and poor infrastructure make Indonesia vulnerable to deadly tsunamis.
A new method of analysing underwater sound waves has led to the creation of a faster, more informative tsunami early warning system.
Post-tsunami the position of women in Acehnese society has in many ways changed and, arguably, worsened compared to their historically high status.
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Lecturer in Family Violence, Public Law and Human Rights, La Trobe University
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Ford Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Reader of Applied Mathematics, Cardiff University
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Peneliti di Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) dan Pusat Riset Ilmu Sosial dan Budaya (PRISB) Universitas Syiah Kuala, Universitas Syiah Kuala
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Dosen Fakultas Teknik / Kepala Pusat Riset Perubahan Iklim USK, Universitas Syiah Kuala