Being accountable to Aceh: gender-related lessons learned by New Zealand NGOs from the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004

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Being accountable to Aceh: gender-related lessons learned by New Zealand NGOs from the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004

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Victoria University of Wellington

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The Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 prompted a level of international disaster response that was unprecedented. In Aceh, Indonesia, the worst hit region, thousands of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including some New Zealand based NGOs, arrived in the area to carry out relief and reconstruction work. A common criticism of the international response is that it has resulted in the marginalisation of Acehnese women. The criticism comes despite at least fifteen year...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

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Masters

Date created

2008

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Edgecombe, Anita

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Being_accountable_to_Aceh_gender-related_lessons_learned_by_...

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Other human society not elsewhere classified / Aceh / Gender / Tsunami / School: School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified / Marsden: 220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts-General / Degree Discipline: Development Studies / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Development Studies

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