The recent wave of floods in Pakistan affected nearly 33 million people. These floods that resulted because of two concomitant factors, mainly climate change at a global level and the political and institutional inability of Pakistan to manage the anticipatory crises, have wreaked havoc on the marginalised segments of society.
This calamity has badly hit the poor population in the affected areas and its consequences are drastically impacting the women who are already at a low ebb. According to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), women and children are 14 times more likely than men to bear the brunt of fatalities as a result of natural calamities. Deep-rooted gender inequality, exacerbated by poverty and illiteracy, is making life more miserable for women after the catastrophe caused by floods.