A Gendered Look Into Bhaktapur’s Recovery And Rebuilding: An Applied Research
This report documents the social and economic effects of the people-led recovery and rebuilding process in the historic district of Bhaktapur, Nepal following the spring 2015 earthquakes and the subsequent aftershocks. These earthquakes caused the death of 8,790 people, injured over 22,000, and left over half a million homes either destroyed or uninhabitable. They also destroyed a large number of cultural and historic sites including in Bhaktapur, a UNESCO world heritage site known for the temples of Durbar Square, where hundreds of monuments collapsed. Prepared by Tewa, the Nepal Women’s Fund, and Nagarik Aawaz, this report deepens understanding of the implications of this destruction on the women and men of Bhaktapur District and offers interesting practical findings and recommendations related to gender and disaster, trauma from disasters, as well as the effects of the earthquakes on the social, economic, cultural and infrastructural levels for planners, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers.
Authors: Susan Risal, Urmila Shrestha, Rita Thapa
Published by: Nagarik Aawaz, Tewa
Published: 2016