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What is Miyagi-Jonet?

MIYAGI JO-NET (Miyagi Women’s Support Network) is a non-profit organisation supporting women in the Tohoku area that was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. We aim to connect the women in the affected areas with women and supporters from around Japan and the world. To this end, we are cooperating with various other women’s and relief organisations. Our many projects are designed to help women individually in reconstructing their lives and livelihoods. We thereby hope to brighten their everyday a little bit. We also collect relief/support goods and other donations to distribute them among the women and families affected by the disaster. Through regular meetings, our ‘salons,’ and consultations, we gain insight into women’s needs and concerns, and propose adequate measures to local and regional administrations.

Many of Miyagi Jonet’s members are women affected themselves by the disaster.


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7 Sept 2011

2nd Universal Health Day in Yokohama


“This time, we collected donations at the site to support the activities of Miyagi Jonet. (Omitted)  Refuge shelter… Under a blanket, a woman washes herself off, changes clothes, and when she washes her underwear, she has no place to dry it. All the time, she feels tense because just one cardboard box away, a man is sleeping.  In disaster-struck areas, there is a need for facilities that allow women to live with a feeling of safety and security; that allow men and women, young and old, each and every person to live with dignity. We pray for the health of everyone at Miyagi Jonet, who act from a gender-based viewpoint, and we would like to support your activities.”
This was the appeal, attached to an introductory essay on Miyagi Jonet.

World Sexual Health Day Yokohama was held on Sept. 4, and a donation box (for Miyagi Jonet) was set up at the reception desk. Today, we received your donations, as well as the handicrafts materials that we had requested in our Jonet blog.
We would like to use this occasion to thank everyone involved, from the bottom of our hearts. May we please ask you to continue providing your warm support to the people affected by the disaster.
Miyagi Jonet

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