Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is authored by Anna Applebaum and Briana Mawby, the 2015-2017 Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Fellows with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and Melanne Verveer, the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.
Today marks two years since a massive earthquake and violent aftershock leveled Nepal, killing 9,000 people, injuring an additional 22,000 people, and affecting roughly one quarter of the country’s population. In the months following the earthquake, Nepali women played a crucial yet underappreciated role in relief efforts, and many continue to help the country as it moves into long-term recovery efforts.