Akiko Nanami argues that after the Fukushima tragedy in 2011, many women defied cultural expectations to protect their children, creating a women’s collective movement through social media, the internet, workshops and petitions. However, “once again their voices are being silenced under strong social pressures, perhaps most surprisingly, from their own families.”
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Image: Children in downtown Tokyo, Photo credit: Bronwyn Hayward
