Through a narrative-based ethnographic study of the Nepal earthquake of 2015, this study aims to comprehend Nepali women's experiences of relief and rehabilitation. It adopts an intersectional approach to vulnerability and privileges the voices of marginalised women in post-disaster contexts. The paper draws out some troubling experiences, including stories of rampant alcoholism, drug abuse, illegal trafficking, prostitution, self-harm, and suicide. These cases are more pronounced among Dalit women, who also face institutionalised violence in the form of unequal access to aid, dignity kits, and safe spaces, among other resources. Such discrimination makes Dalit women from poor socioeconomic backgrounds more vulnerable in post-disaster settings. In the case of Nepal, relief and rehabilitation processes failed to understand and address intersectional vulnerability, and in some ways, became part of the problem. By examining the accounts of women from different castes and classes, this paper argues, therefore, for an intersectional approach to investigating vulnerability in the wake of disasters.

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灾后环境中的交叉脆弱性：2015 年尼泊尔地震后达利特妇女的生活经历

通过对 2015 年尼泊尔地震的基于叙事的民族志研究，本研究旨在了解尼泊尔妇女的救济和康复经历。它对脆弱性采取交叉方法，并在灾后环境中优先考虑边缘化妇女的声音。这篇论文引出了一些令人不安的经历，包括猖獗的酗酒、吸毒、非法贩运、卖淫、自残和自杀的故事。这些案例在达利特妇女中更为明显，她们还面临着制度化的暴力，形式是不平等地获得援助、尊严工具包和安全空间以及其他资源。这种歧视使来自贫困社会经济背景的达利特妇女在灾后环境中更加脆弱。以尼泊尔为例，救济和恢复进程未能理解和解决交叉脆弱性问题，并且在某些方面成为问题的一部分。因此，通过研究来自不同种姓和阶级的妇女的叙述，本文主张采用交叉方法来调查灾难发生后的脆弱性。