Climate changeClimate change fuels most of BangladeshBangladesh's extreme eventsExtreme events, but its effects on womenWomen are more severe than those on men. This paper reviews the genderGender dimensions of disaster impacts, focusing on enhanced challenges womenWomen face in light of socio-economic and cultural constraints linked to structural inequalitiesInequality in a patriarchal societal framework. To analyze the socio-economic hardship and cultural barriers, the paper uses feminist political ecology (FPE) and constructivismConstructivism theory to understand how social constructs and power dynamics intensify the vulnerabilitiesVulnerability of womenWomen. This study adopted the qualitative phenomenological research approach and data was gathered from womenWomen's in-depth interviews and focus group discussions in the northern region of BangladeshBangladesh, particularly from five districts (Tangail, Gaibandha, Netrokona, Sirajganj, and Kurigram). The study found that the genderGender division of labour, the intersection of public–private dichotomy, and societal conflicts due to climate-induced migrationMigration exaggerate the socio-economic vulnerabilitiesVulnerability of womenWomen during extreme eventsExtreme events. Regarding cultural barriers, genderGender stereotypes and social dogmas heighten their struggles leading to malnutrition and health risks curtailing decision-making powers, thus denting disaster preparedness. This paper, therefore, invokes genderGender-sensitive adaptationAdaptation practices that acknowledge climate changeClimate change hits men and womenWomen differently due to entrenched gender rolesGender roles and societal structure. Placing womenWomen's experiences at the centre, this paper underlines the urgent need for genderGender-transformative approaches by challenging and changing the underlying social norms and power dynamics that perpetuate structural inequalitiesInequality. We can foster resilient mechanism of womenWomen through aGender transformative climate change adaptation gender-transformative approachGender transformative approaches that paves the way for risk reduction ensuring gender equalityGender equality and community development.