Archive · 1 Oct 2025
Odisha Women Cope With Climate Displacement Trauma
Imagine the ocean taking your home.
That's happening to people in Odisha, India.
They've moved because their homes are being washed away.
They've moved to a new village, but life is hard.
They lost their farms, and many men now work far away.
Women are struggling with money and missing their old lives.
The government is trying to help them feel better, and there is a fund that could offer assistance.
Families were relocated from Satabhaya to Bagapatia due to coastal erosion.
Relocated families face challenges including lack of farmland and financial difficulty.
Many men from the village migrated for work, leaving women with increased responsibilities.
Women experience trauma and anxiety related to loss of community and economic hardship.
The Odisha government is implementing programs to provide psychosocial support.
- Who
- Women displaced by coastal erosion in Odisha
- What
- Face trauma, anxiety, and economic hardship
- When
- Since 2018, after relocating to Bagapatia
- Where
- Bagapatia, Odisha, India
- Why
- Due to climate change-induced coastal erosion
- Relocation Village
- Bagapatia, Kendrapara district, Odisha
- Original Village
- Satabhaya
- Displacement Start
- 2018, due to coastal erosion
- Land Allocation
- Each family received 10 decimals of land
- Men's Employment Shift
- Approx. 80% work outside the state
- Psychosocial Support
- Odisha government provides training for mental health aid
- Erosion Impact (1990-2016)
- 28% of Odisha's coastline eroded
- Loss and Damage Fund
- Fund operationalization underway at COP28