When an indigenous woman from the hills speaks of violence, she may not name it directly. She might talk about walking farther to collect water, about forests that no longer provide firewood, or about skipping meals so her children can eat. Her words may not sound like demands, but they carry the weight of survival. In the Chittagong Hill Tracts …

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has a unique landscape and the largest forest cover in Bangladesh. The region is facing rapid environmental changes in recent times, which has escalated in the last two decades. Deforestation in various forms is destroying the forest cover of CHT and the impacts of climate change is affecting the local indigenous community’s livelihood in various ways …