The personal accounts of women in rural areas of Nuku'alofa and 'Eua are being published online by the Tongan Women and Children's crisis centre.
Its director Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki said most of the planning and decision making in Tonga was done by men.
But she argues the resilience and vision showed by so many Tongan women during and after the devastation wrought by Gita makes a strong case for change.
