KATHMANDU: As many as 400 cases of violence against women were registered during April 25 earthquake, according to the Women Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC Nepal).

Most of the victimised women were learnt to be those residing in the temporary shelters following the quake, reveals the organisation working against violence against women (VAW).

“These were the registered cases of violence against women. We believe that there are many such incidents yet to come to light,” shared Jaya Luitel, Treasurer of WOREC.

A report ‘Anweshi’ unveiled by WOREC on the sidelines of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence states that the highest cases of VAW was recorded in various districts of Tarai, which amounts to 82.3 per cent.

Second to Tarai, mountainous region recorded 13 per cent of VAW cases. Similarly, VAW cases are negligible in hilly regions standing at 0.2 per cent.

“This does not translate to absence of VAW in the hilly region,” said Treasurer Luitel, arguing that many women in this region were still unaware about the forms of VAW and thus were not making them public.