Category: Women in Action 2009-2
Year: 2009
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Review

A small landlocked country in South Asia, Nepal has been prone to several climatic disasters such as flooding, landslides, hailstorms and droughts, that only aggravate hunger and poverty in the countryside. Having a lot at stake with the limited land and water resources that they can access, many women have tirelessly danced to the gods for rain and trekked dangerous cliffs if only to coax the disoriented soil to sustain them and their families again.