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This chapter offers a theoretical foundation for examining the changing state of the natural environmentEnvironment and its genderGender implications. Some significant theories, including ecofeminismEcofeminism, feminist political ecology, and the fundamental tenets of livelihoodLivelihood studies, have been reviewed to frame the interlinkages. Based on that analytical lens, the paper presents a case study of the shifting livelihoodsLivelihood and genderGender–environmentEnvironment relationships among the matrilineal Garo community in Bangladesh. This chapter concludes with an emphasis on moving beyond the essentialist notion of nature-oriented womenWomen and learning from the lived experiences of gendered subjects to articulate the actual changes and specific challenges faced by indigenous people in relation to the changing configurations of the local environmentEnvironment. It also calls for integrating an intersectional lens into projects that aim to support indigenous livelihoodsLivelihood and natural resourceNatural resource management.

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Gender, Environment, and Livelihoods: Theoretical Developments and the Experience of Matrilineal Garo Community in Bangladesh

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    2026年

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  • Soma Dey

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This chapter offers a theoretical foundation for examining the changing state of the natural environmentEnvironment and its genderGender implications. Some significant theories, including ecofeminismEcofeminism, feminist political ecology, and the fundamental tenets of livelihoodLivelihood studies, have been reviewed to frame the interlinkages. Based on that analytical lens, the paper presents a case study of the shifting livelihoodsLivelihood and genderGender–environmentEnvironment relationships among the matrilineal Garo community in Bangladesh. This chapter concludes with an emphasis on moving beyond the essentialist notion of nature-oriented womenWomen and learning from the lived experiences of gendered subjects to articulate the actual changes and specific challenges faced by indigenous people in relation to the changing configurations of the local environmentEnvironment. It also calls for integrating an intersectional lens into projects that aim to support indigenous livelihoodsLivelihood and natural resourceNatural resource management.