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Women and Nature are united through their shared history of oppression. Ecofeminism connects the devaluation and abuse of women with that of environment. An ecofeminist utopia is depicted in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's satiric narrative "Sultana's Dream", which deals with the issues of gender, nature, science and education. The story shows how nature works for the benefit of women and gives resources to women to progress and to implement a harmonious relationship between women and environment. The Lady Land, where the story takes place, is itself an embodiment of scientific exploration of nature and it incorporates the idea of ecological balance by using flying vehicles for the mode of transport, extracting water from the cloud, keeping the surrounding clean and turning their whole country into a garden. The "Male-Land" restricts women to "Purdah" and the women do the household chores and think about their condition as Sultann was doing in the story, but the representation of "Lady-Land" in "Sultana's Dream" combines science and technology to empower women. Needless to say, the direct reversal of gendered position in "Sultana's Dream" left us with the interpretation ecofeminist emancipation women and nature.

KEYWORDS: Eco-feminism, Gender Discrimination, Feminist Science Fiction, Eco-criticism, Women Empowerment.