In 1994, Bangladesh ratifi ed the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The country has also adopted various policies, approaches and programs to protect forests in the country. Despite this, deforestation continues apace in this country. The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), an area of 5093 square miles (about 10 percent of Bangladesh), is a hilly-forested area with 12 indigenous groups, where extensive deforestation has already occurred. This is the main cause of hardship for forest dwellers, especially the indigenous peoples. As the Women Environment and Development (WED) debate has recognized, women are the main victims of any environmental crisis. This study analyzes the impacts of deforestation on the indigenous women in the CHT. It has been found from this study that there is an interwoven relationship between the indigenous women and the forest and they are severely affected by deforestation.

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Her research in comparative and international education focuses on women and development, critical multicultural education and social justice issues, refugee education, and the role of education in combating violent extremism. Dr Hicham Tiflati is a senior researcher studying Canadian foreign fighters based at Waterloo University. Dr Tiflati is also coordinator of the 'Canadian Muslims online' project based at UQÀM, and a fellow at the Center for the Research on Religion (CREOR) at McGill University. He was a co-investigator for the study 'Educational trajectories of radicalized females' at McGill University. Helal Hossain Dhali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies, Faculty of Education, at McGill University. His research centres on the role of education in youth perceptions of extremism in Bangladesh. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies in Dhaka University, Bangladesh. His areas of interest include education, extremism, environment and gender.