To understand the impact of Cyclone Nargis on women living in affected areas, and in response to the need for data and information on women’s protection issues in the most affected townships, the Women’s Protection Technical Working Group (WP TWG) and the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, facilitated comprehensive assessments of women’s protection issues in cyclone-affected areas. The ultimate purpose of the exercise was to provide baseline information on women’s protection issues for humanitarian actors responding to the disaster. This report consolidates the two assessments to provide a picture of the situation in the affected areas: the first immediately after Nargis and the second one and half years later. The complementary assessment covered villages not included in the initial assessment using the same questionnaire, however, included additional questions on ‘sexual behaviour’ and ‘debt.’
