Climate Change Impacts on Gender Relations in Bangladesh

Download or read book Climate Change Impacts on Gender Relations in Bangladesh written by Sajal Roy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores gendered perceptions of the Sundarbans Forest in Bangladesh, and the extent to which these perceptions are affected by extreme weather events (specifically, cyclones Aila and Sidr). Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Shora, a rural village in southern Satkhira, Bangladesh, the book explores gendered activities in the forest, especially women’s interaction with the forest resources. The findings present a clear picture of the Shora community’s local knowledge about the Sundarbans Forest, as well as the ecological and economic contributions for the forest people. The book makes a timely contribution to the wider study of gender, post-cyclone recovery, ecology and resilience.