Khadiza Akter
(Assistant Professor)Short Biography
Khadiza Akter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender and Development Studies, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur. She worked for the Gender and Water Alliance in Bangladesh for 3 years as a researcher and trainer. She obtained her BSS and MSS from the Department of Women and Gender Studies...
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Research Activities & Consultancy
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| Reproductive Health Information and Practices among Rural Adolescent Girls: A Study in Ulania village of Barisal District | Department of Women and Gender Studies | Chief Researcher (Monograph) | Self-funded | 2014 |
| Coping with Riverbank Erosion: Vulnerabilities and Resilience among the Women of Barisal District | Department of Women and Gender Studies | Chief Researcher (Thesis) | Self-funded | 2015 |
| Women’s Resilience against Natural Disaster Displacement: Changing Agency among Relocated Women in Dhaka City Slum | Institution of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies | Chief Researcher (Monograph) | Self-funded | 2016 |
| Gender Analysis of the Nobo Jatra Project of World Vision Bangladesh in Khulna and Satkhira districts | Gender and Water Alliance - Bangladesh (GWA-B) | Research Assistant | World Vision Bangladesh | 2016 |
| Gender Assessment of the SWITCH Project of SNV in Rajshahi and Natore districts | Gender and Water Alliance - Bangladesh (GWA-B) | Programme Officer | European Union | 2018 |
| Mid-term evaluation of the project "Strengthening community resilience through Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Management" of Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) in Gaibandha and Savar | Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS) | Field Researcher | Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) | 2019 |
| Impact of Salinity on Women’s Gender Roles and Relations: A Case Study of Khulna and Satkhira District, Bangladesh | Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur | Chief Researcher | University Grant Commission of Bangladesh | 2019 |
| Coping with Flood: Case Study of People with Disabilities in Gaibandha District of Bangladesh | Begum Rokeya Univesrity, Rangpur | Chief Researcher | University Grant Commission of Bangladesh | 2021 |
| Availability of Menstrual Hygiene Management Facilities and Its Impact on Women and Girls in the Cluster Villages of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat District | Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur | Chief Researcher | University Grant Commission of Bangladesh | 2022 |
| Patriarchy and violence against women and girls in Bangladesh | Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur | Chief Researcher | University Grant Commission of Bangladesh | 2024 |
| Organization | Type | Year |
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| Gender and Water Alliance | General Member | 2015-life time |
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Khadiza Akter
: Necessary attention is needed on cyclone shelters,
The United News
, (impact factor: NA),
2017 .
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Khadiza Akter
: Water salinity, a concern for public health in the coastal region of Bangladesh,
The United News
, (impact factor: NA),
2017 .
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| 3 |
Khadiza Akter
: No more limits on menstrual hygiene management,
The United News
, (impact factor: NA),
2018 .
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Khadiza Akter
: Breaking the silence on menstruation: Empowering women and girls through proper menstrual hygiene management,
The Daily Star
, (impact factor: NA),
2018 .
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Khadiza Akter
: Beating plastic pollution, saving lives: Steps must be taken to tackle arguably one of the biggest environmental concerns of the century,
The Dhaka Tribune
, (impact factor: NA),
2018 .
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Khadiza Akter
: Inclusive cooperation to combat desertification,
The United News
, (impact factor: NA),
2018 .
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Khadiza Akter
: Eid al-Adha and the environmental concern for Dhaka city,
The United News
, (impact factor: NA),
2018 .
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| Conference | |
| 1 |
Khadiza Akter
: Gender responsive and socially inclusive WASH in Bangladesh,
Watershed Writing Week, Ede Wageningen, the Netherlands
, (impact factor: NA),
2018 .
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| Journal | |
| 1 |
Khadiza Akter, Dr. Soma Dey and Shaakeel Hasan
: Riverbank erosion and its impact on rural women: A case study of Ulania village in Bangladesh,
Asian Journal of Women's Studies, 26(1)
, (impact factor: 2.5),
2019 .
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Khadiza Akter
: Impact of Flood on Women’s Health and Mortality at Char Kukri Mukri Union in Bangladesh,
International Journal of All Research Education and Scientific Methods (IJARESM), 11(11)
, (impact factor: 2),
2023 .
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| Book | |
| 1 |
Khadiza Akter
: Unpublished Cases of Violence against Women: Factors that Influence Reporting,
Changing the Landscape: The Way Forward for Women and Gender Studies in Bangladesh
, (impact factor: NA),
2022 .
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| Title | Event | Year |
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| General Talent Scholarship 2010-11 | University of Dhaka | 2015 |
Khadiza Akter
Assistant Professor
Department of Gender and Development Studies
Email: khadizaakter@brur.ac.bd
Phone: 01681532296, PABX: