More vulnerable to climate change impacts, Nepali women are neglected in solution efforts

Last monsoon, Purna Maya BK from Bethanchok in Kavre woke up to a big thud. It had rained constantly all night and she thought that there was an earthquake. But, when she got out of her house, she saw that the constant rain had swept away her front yard.

She did not have enough money to repair it so she went to a cooperative that gave her a loan of Rs 200,000 at an interest rate of 15 per cent. She repaired it, but soon the cooperative came calling. Since she had no means to earn money, she could not pay it back on time as interest piled on and on.