This study sought to learn how women participated in the recovery process after the Kashmir earthquake of October 2005 in Union Council Langarpura, Azad Kashmir state of Pakistan. Focus-group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and participant observations were conducted with a total of 48 participants. The results revealed that women played various important roles in the reproductive, productive, and community spheres, encompassing, inter alia, normal household responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, and caring for cattle, and non-traditional tasks such as rebuilding the home. In addition, they participated in income-generating activities such as carrying construction materials and water for daily wages, dairy farming, and working in fields and in the education and health sectors. Community endeavours, meanwhile, consisted of search and rescue, caring for the injured, collective cooking and food sharing, and supervising the reconstruction of public structures, including schools, roads, and water supply facilities, and establishing a sewing centre to provide vocational training to local women.

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2005 年巴基斯坦克什米尔地震后妇女参与灾后恢复

本研究旨在了解 2005 年 10 月在巴基斯坦阿扎德克什米尔州兰加普拉联合委员会发生的克什米尔地震后，妇女如何参与恢复过程。共有 48 名参与者进行了焦点小组讨论、半结构化访谈和参与者观察。结果表明，女性在生殖、生产和社区领域发挥着各种重要作用，其中包括做饭、清洁和照顾牛的正常家庭责任，以及重建家园等非传统任务。此外，他们还参与了创收活动，例如搬运建筑材料和水以支付日薪、奶牛养殖以及在田间工作以及在教育和卫生部门工作。与此同时，社区的努力，