Bangladesh officially declared the huge
productivity of crops in recent years. At the same time
population lives below the poverty line especially in the
northern part of Bangladesh. The food insecurity of
Bangladesh and living condition is regionally varied and
depends on several factors. The tendency of natural
disaster, distribution of agricultural land, access to
health facilities, education, and level of infrastructure
development, employment opportunities, and dietary
practices are some of the significant factors that affect
food insecurity and peoples living condition. People of
different classes, regions, educational backgrounds,
gender experience the effects differently. This paper aims
at exploring the challenges of Char Women and their
socio-economic circumstances in natural disasters
around the year, especially in flood and drought times.
The existence of the Teesta barrage and the over
extortion of stones from the river bed create the riverside
environment worst to live in. This study is conducted in
Kisamater Char, Niilphamari. A sample of 25 Char
women is collected with a qualitative theoretical and
methodological ground. The case study method has been
used as a main principal tool. This study reveals that the
majority of Char women are unable to maintain family
food security in maintaining societal gendered customs
Keywords : Food Insecurity; Teesta; Char People; Women.