Women Fight to Save Fukushima's Children

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http://www.truth-out.org/women-fight-save-fukushimas-children/1320681047


Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the Fukushima meltdown.

"Official recovery policy focuses on decontamination rather than protecting the health of those most vulnerable - children and pregnant women," activist Aileen Mioko Smith told IPS.

"Our meetings with officials to force faster evacuation programmes for high-risk groups are only met with promises to clear radioactive waste. This is totally irresponsible," said Smith, who leads the non-government organisation (NGO) Green Action Japan.

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"Women are, today, at the forefront of the anti-nuclear campaign. We value life more than economic returns," she said.
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more power to the women - the kids should have been long gone from the radiation poison area

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1. "We value life more than economic returns"

Yes, that really says it all.

Unfortunately there are many, many greedy individuals who do not, and that is who I will always fight against.

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2. Women need more power in governments

I don't mean Stepford-wife "women" like Palin and Bachmann, but real women with real experience in life.