Landless quake victims missing out as Nepal rebuilds, Oxfam says

A man smokes a cigarette while sitting on top of the debris of houses damaged during the earthquake last year in Bhaktapur, Nepal, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/Files

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A year after the deadly earthquake in Nepal, thousands of people, especially women, are being deprived of funds to rebuild because they do not own land or cannot prove they owned the land where they lived, Oxfam said on Friday.

Nepal's government requires proof of ownership, but many victims have lost documents and others did not formally own the land where they lived, said a report by the international anti-poverty organisation.