Nepal remains a priority country for emergency preparedness and response given its high risk for natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. In August 2017, the worst rains in 15 years struck Nepal, triggering widespread large-scale flooding and landslides in 35 of the country’s 75 districts. An ‘Initial Rapid Assessment’ (IRA) shows that 1.7 million people comprises 875,324 males and 830,010 females have been affected, the majority of whom concentrated in ten districts in the ‘Terai’. A total of 460,000 people have been displaced with nearly 65,000 houses completely destroyed. It is estimated that 425,000 are women of reproductive age. Around 22% of households in the region are female headed, due to large migration outflows of men. UNFPA's integrated the RH and GBV response has been providing through conducting the mobile reproductive health camps, establishing Female-Friendly Spaces, distributing the life-saving ERH kits inclduing rape treatment kits and orienting the health service providers on its use, distributing dignity kits and coordination through health and protection clusters for effective response.
