Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh

This study investigates the often-overlooked interpersonal conflicts within the climate and security nexus, focusing on how climate impact exacerbates women's security risks on Hatiya Island, Bangladesh. While climate security literature typically examines group-level conflicts, such as between farm...

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Autores principales: Suza, Ma, Warner, Jeroen, Pacillo, Grazia, Läderach, Peter, van Dijk, Han
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176516
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author Suza, Ma
Warner, Jeroen
Pacillo, Grazia
Läderach, Peter
van Dijk, Han
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description This study investigates the often-overlooked interpersonal conflicts within the climate and security nexus, focusing on how climate impact exacerbates women's security risks on Hatiya Island, Bangladesh. While climate security literature typically examines group-level conflicts, such as between farmers and pastoralists or between ethnic groups, this study shifts the focus to intra- and inter-household dynamics, exploring conflicts experienced by women with spouses, family members, and neighbors. Using life history interviews, the study reveals how climate vulnerabilities, economic hardship, and entrenched gender norms heighten tensions, leading to conflicts both within households and among neighboring women in a rural patriarchal social context. The findings suggest that climate-induced economic challenges intensify domestic tensions while land scarcity from coastal erosion and resource degradation fuels disputes among neighboring women. The paper underscores addressing the deep-rooted social norms and institutionalized gender inequalities that deepen women's vulnerabilities to climate impacts in conservative societies like those found in Bangladesh and across large parts of the global South to protect them from violence.
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spelling CGSpace1765162025-09-20T06:00:47Z Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh Suza, Ma Warner, Jeroen Pacillo, Grazia Läderach, Peter van Dijk, Han climate security domestic violence vulnerability women This study investigates the often-overlooked interpersonal conflicts within the climate and security nexus, focusing on how climate impact exacerbates women's security risks on Hatiya Island, Bangladesh. While climate security literature typically examines group-level conflicts, such as between farmers and pastoralists or between ethnic groups, this study shifts the focus to intra- and inter-household dynamics, exploring conflicts experienced by women with spouses, family members, and neighbors. Using life history interviews, the study reveals how climate vulnerabilities, economic hardship, and entrenched gender norms heighten tensions, leading to conflicts both within households and among neighboring women in a rural patriarchal social context. The findings suggest that climate-induced economic challenges intensify domestic tensions while land scarcity from coastal erosion and resource degradation fuels disputes among neighboring women. The paper underscores addressing the deep-rooted social norms and institutionalized gender inequalities that deepen women's vulnerabilities to climate impacts in conservative societies like those found in Bangladesh and across large parts of the global South to protect them from violence. 2025-09 2025-09-16T18:34:09Z 2025-09-16T18:34:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176516 en Open Access Wiley Suza, Ma; Warner, Jeroen; Pacillo, Grazia; Läderach, Peter; and van Dijk, Han. 2025. Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh. Rural Sociology 90(3): e70022. https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.70022
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domestic violence
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Suza, Ma
Warner, Jeroen
Pacillo, Grazia
Läderach, Peter
van Dijk, Han
Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh
title Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh
title_full Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh
title_fullStr Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh
title_short Women's vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence: Household-level evidence from Bangladesh
title_sort women s vulnerabilities to climate insecurity and violence household level evidence from bangladesh
topic climate security
domestic violence
vulnerability
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176516
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