震災後の「電話相談」を通じて、br/ 福島県の女性が悩む経済的・精神的な夫との関係についてbr/ 啓発、広報の必要性を感じ、継続的に講演会を開催。br/ 「私が悪いから・・」「私の我慢がたりないから・・」br/ と自分を責める女性に、br/ 「あなたが悪いのではないよ」「あなたのせいではないよ」br/ と伝え、自分を取り戻してほしいと思う。br/ br/ span class="small"strong山桜/strongbr/ 福島県郡山市 2015年3月撮影/spanbr/_______________________________br/ br/After the disaster, we spoke with many women from Fukushima through our telephone counseling program, where we learned that many were worried about their financial and emotional relationship with their husbands. We felt the need to increase awareness of this problem, so we continued to hold community forums and workshops on this topic. br/These women would often blame themselves, and say, br/ ldquo;Itrsquo;s all my fault...rdquo; br/ ldquo;I should have tried harder...rdquo;br/We tell them that it is not their fault and that they have nothing to blame themselves for, in hopes that they will be able to regain their sense of self.br/br/ span class="small"strongYamazakura/strongbr/ Photo: Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, March 2015/spanbr/span class="small"Translatorrsquo;s Note: The sign reads, ldquo;You are not alone. Supporting survivors of domestic violence. Lecturer: Nakamura Akemirdquo;/span