Women are more vulnerable in disasters

No one heard him screaming and pleading. "I thought I was going to die like this, no one would hear," she said, "There were only landslides around." As if a stone was thrown away. After removing the stone, she took out her right hand from the hole and started screaming. His elder sister and neighbor saw the hand . Then the attempt to get him out started . He was rescued after an hour and a half. When the landslide occurred, the 17-year-old daughter had gone to cut grass. The 14-year-old son went down to the Tarai . Rupa's husband has been working in Qatar for one and a half years. The eldest daughter is married. According to Rupa, she fainted as soon as she was buried. She said that after a while, when she regained consciousness, she cried a lot remembering her family. All the belongings of his house and four chickens were swept away by the landslide.

After the house collapsed, he is now in the shelter of a neighbor. "I feel like I'm alive because I'm under the stairs in the house of the balcony," she said, "I'm going to die if I'm in the room." She said that she misses the moment and home when she is together. 'Disaster will come suddenly,' she said, 'it will not take time to take life, I survived because I am lucky.' 1 month left for delivery . When there is a heavy rain in the house on the banks of Danava river, water enters the house . The river flows into the yard. It is difficult to know how to save your life if a flood occurs while you are sleeping. She said that she would worry about how to survive in case of danger. "There are two small children," she said, "the third child is in the womb, I stay awake all night when it rains, I am tormented by the fear of flooding the house."

In Hasibun's house, his mother-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law, children also live with him . Married for 8 years. Husband has gone abroad . Since the marriage, every year during the rainy season, this worry has been bothering me . She told that it was more urgent because she was pregnant this time. "I ran to the road four times when it rained heavily," she added, "There is still time for rain, I am very worried."

Her family has been displaced three times by floods. She said that she wished that she would not suffer the same fate for the fourth time. The mother-in-law of Hasibun says that she was chased by the flood and brought to the place where her house is now. According to him, the first house was in the village of Danav Pari Bhabai. After the flood destroyed the house there, another house was built in a new place in Bhabai. The flood did not allow him to live there. The house was washed away . After that, 75-year-old Samiun Nisha, who came to Bharaulia and built a house, said .

Now the monster is cutting . His house is nearby. Now the house is in Bharaulia. Farming is in Bhavai. She said that only the house and some wood were left after cutting down. "I gave birth to 4 sons and 2 daughters. The flood did not allow them to raise them easily. It was a disaster," she said. I raised my children by working.

She said that she had to move her house three times due to floods that came at different times. "Now there is no place to go after the disaster," she said, "I escaped many times by crossing the river with the help of my neighbors, I lost my husband, now I am having trouble protecting my daughter-in-law and grandchildren." She said that she did not get rid of the problems she was facing since the past. "After the river erodes the land, who will be responsible for protecting it by building a dam?," she said, "For us, neither the government nor the leader, nor anyone." She said that the pain of losing her husband and the hardships she suffered during the calamity when her children were young continue to haunt her. Remembering that during the rainy season, she used to wash the grains of her house and drown the seeds. He says that it will be very difficult if the younger daughter-in-law Hasibun has to give birth at someone else's house. 'Everything is not as easy as your home,' she said, 'Our house is at risk, we don't know what will happen, another daughter-in-law is working to take care of us.' There is a feeling of fear . He has to cross the river with his parents to go to the farm, and he worries about how he will survive if there is a flood, whether he will be swept away. "It didn't happen without working, parents say to go," she said, "I am also afraid of being swept away by floods, even if the water is heavy, I have to go to the boat, I have to farm, there is a problem." She said that the problem of not being able to dry washed clothes and not being able to wear dry clothes during menstruation during the rainy season is disturbing. "I have a problem with menstruation," she said, "I can't keep buying pads, the clothes don't dry, how many times I wear wet clothes, it also causes sores."

As an estimate of the problems that may occur to women in the disaster, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is playing a co-leadership role and is distributing dignity kits in Lumbini province . Sharda Basyal, Senior Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Social Development, said that 18 essential materials are kept in the kit. According to him, the field of protection has been determined under the Ministry of Women and Children. She said that it will make it easier for pregnant women, pregnant women, single women, disabled people, children, sexual and gender minorities, HIV infected people to prevent exploitation, violence, discriminatory behavior and lead a dignified life in any disaster. According to him, even at the municipal level, a protection cluster should be formed under the coordination of the deputy chief or vice president.

Recently, she said that in a meeting between UNFPA and the ministry staff, it was discussed that counselors should also be kept because those affected by disasters need counselling. UNFPA Lumbini Provincial Office Head Ram Thapa will inform them about how to stay safe, what to discuss when sitting in a group, what measures to take for their own safety and which phone number to call for help in case of a problem. said done .