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CURRICULUM VITAE Taslima Aktar
Email: E: [email protected]
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2016-2018 Master of Social Science, Major in Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
2012-2016 Bachelor of Social Science Major in Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
2018 – PRESENT Research associate, Gender and Social Transformation Cluster, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Bangladesh
SELECTEDPUBLICATIONSANDOUTPUT Working Paper
Kabeer, Naila; Huq, Lopita; Aktar, Taslima; Mamun, Saklain Al; Alam, Afsana; Nath, Shravasti Roy; Sultana, Razia. (2022).‘Livelihood Transitions of Women Workers During COVID-19:
Domestic Workers in Dhaka.’ BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (bracu.ac.bd).
Kabeer, Naila; Huq, Lopita; Aktar, Taslima; Mamun, Saklain Al; Alam, Afsana; Nath, Shravasti Roy; Sultana, Razia. (2022). ‘Livelihood Transition and Coping with Shocks: Women in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Sector Coping with Covid-19’. BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (bracu.ac.bd).
Sultan, Maheen; Aktar, Taslima; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur; Pabony, Nuha Annoor; Noshin, Maliha; Nath, Shravasti Roy; Labib, Mahir; Islam, Md Zahirul; Kabir, Farhana; Huq, Lopita;
Hossain, Md Rakib; Chowdhury, Kabita; Arman, Md Raied; Antara, Iffat Jahan; Mamun, Saklain Al (2022) Report: ‘Adolescent Girls’ Vulnerabilities and Transitions in the Context of COVID-19’. BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (bracu.ac.bd).
Policy Brief
Farheen Ria, A., Ahmed Raha, S., Rana, S., Roy, P., Aktar, T., Al Mamun, S., Hasan Anik, M.
and Alam, F. (2020) ‘Listening to young people’s voices under covid-19. Exploring the impact
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of COVID-19 on adolescents in urban slums and low-income settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh.’ Policy brief. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence.
Op-ed
‘Unregistered Marriage and Violence Against Women’. Aktar.T (2021).
https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/unregistered-marriage-and-violence-against-women- 2057721
Blog
‘Is Coronavirus Bringing the Virtual World Even Closer to Reality?’ Aktar.T (2021).
https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/is-coronavirus-bringing-the-virtual-world-even-closer-to-reality/
