These Guidelines are the result of the documentation project œSurvey of
Women's Human Rights Violations in the Aftermath of the Tsunami in
India, Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka and the October 8, 2005
Earthquake in Pakistan? coordinated by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law
and Development (APWLD), a women's human rights network of over 140
members in 23 countries of Asia Pacific. This project developed in response
to the calls for support from our members involved in relief operations in
the aftermath of the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and their
reports raising women's human rights concerns in Aceh province in
Indonesia, Tamil Nadu in India, Sri Lanka and the Andaman coast of
Thailand.