Homemakers without a home: women and displacement in chars of Dhubri

The lives of char dwellers are marked by persisting underdevelopment, systemic exclusion, and frequent displacement. However, its impact is manifold on the lives of women. This brings forth the need to take a gendered look at the process of dispossession. Erosion which has led to a loss of habitat impacts women in a multiple ways. People living in these river islands often lose their homes to erosion and are forced to move. Home has a different connotation for women. In a s…