Professor
Dr. Umme Busra Fateha Sultana
Department of Women and Gender Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Gender Studies | University of Sussex | United Kingdom | 2015 |
| Masters | Development Studies | Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Social Studies (ISS) | Netherlands | 2009 |
| Masters | Women and Gender Studies | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2008 |
| Bachelor | Women and Gender Studies | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2006 |
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Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Gender Studies, Feminist Theories, Advertising & Public Relations, Feminist Media Studies, Sexuality Studies, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, Cultural Studies | Social inequalities, Body and Sexualities, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, Gender & Development, Women's Empowerment, Gender Based Violence, Advertising & Politics of Representation etc. |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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Project/Research Work
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Invited Talk
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| Book Section | |
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| 1 |
Sultana, Umme Busra Fateha and Jahan, F. "“#MeToo and Everyday Sexism in Bangladesh”."
The Other #MeToos. Cheema, I.S. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023 159-175 .
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| 2 |
Sultana, Umme Busra Fateha "“নারীর ক্ষমতায়নে বঙ্গবন্ধু” (“Bangabandhu and Women’s Empowerment”)."
বঙ্গবন্ধুর উন্নয়ন দর্শন (“Bangabandhu and Women’s Empowerment”). Islam, Md. R. (ইসলাম, মো. রফিকুল সম্পাদিত) Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), 2022 279-292 .
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| 3 |
Sultana, UBF "“Problematizing Love, Sex and Marriage: Contraceptive Advertisements in Bangladesh”."
Past and Present: Perspectives on Gender and Love. Gardiner, K. and Pfister, S.V. eds. Netherlands: BRILL, 2019 163–177 .
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| 4 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana "Problematizing Love, Sex and Marriage: Contraceptive Advertisements in Bangladesh."
Past and Present: Perspectives on Gender and Love. Kelly Gardiner and Sina V. Pfister Oxford, UK.: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2015 163-177 .
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| 5 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana and Md. Mokhlesur Rahman "Gender in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene."
Rajshahi: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and DASCOH, 2015 .
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| 6 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana and Md. Mokhlesur Rahman "Institutional Protection Mechanisms, Potentials of Mainstreaming and Readiness of the Society: Unveiling Struggles of Children of Sex Workers in Bangladesh."
Sex Workers and Their Children in Bangladesh: Addressing Risks and Vulnerabilities. Daniel M. Sabet, Tawhidur Rahman and Sate Ahmad Dhaka: University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Center for Sustainable Development and ActionAid Bangladesh, 2012 181-201 .
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| 7 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana "Researched and wrote entries for Gender O Unnoyon Kosh (Gender and Development Encyclopedia)."
Gender O Unnoyon Kosh (Gender and Development Encyclopedia) Volume 1 & 2. Selina Hossain Dhaka: Somoy Prokashoni, 2009 .
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| 8 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana "Orientalisation of Veil: Unpacking the Politics of Veil in the Context of Bangladesh."
AN EXERCISE IN WORLD MAKING. The Hague: Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Netherlands, 2009 .
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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana "Researched and wrote 14 entries in 1st and 2nd volume of Gender Biswakosh (Encyclopedia of Gender)."
Gender Biswakosh (Encyclopedia of Gender) Volume 1 & 2. Selina Hossain and Masuduzzaman Dhaka: Mowla Brothers, 2006 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Sultana, UBF : “Gender and Sexuality in Contraceptive Advertising in Bangladesh (1972-2011) – An Audience Perspective”,
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Hum.) , vol.68 , no.2 Asiatic Society of Bangladesh , pp.175-192 , 2023
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| 2 |
Sultana, UBF : “Women’s Narratives of Domestic Violence and Help Seeking Behaviour in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh: A Feminist Sociological Exploration”,
Social Science Review The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D. , vol.39 , no.3 Faculty of Social Sciences, Dhaka University , 2022
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| 3 |
Sultana, UBF : “Power and Emotion in Family: Analysis of Online Entrepreneurship in Dhaka City from Gender Perspective”,
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Hum.) , vol.67 , no.2 Asiatic Society Bangladesh , pp.239-259 , 2022
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Sultana, UBF : “Sexuality in Everyday Life in Bangladesh: Documenting Social Class and Generation through a Gender Lens”,
Journal of Bangladesh Studies , vol.22 , no.1 Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI) , USA , 2020
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| 5 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana and Tuba Ahmed : “Women’s Empowerment through Social Media Entrepreneurship: A Critical Analysis of Online Female Entrepreneurship in Dhaka City”,
Empowerment: A Journal of Women for Women , vol.26 , pp.1-16 , 2019
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| 6 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana and N. Tabassum : “The Gendered Space of Home in Television Advertisements ─ the “Dutiful” Wives and the “Carefree” Husbands”,
Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , vol.36 , no.December 2019 , pp.69-90 , 2019
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| 7 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : A Critical Trajectory of Family Planning and Birth Control in Bangladesh-Interventions, Challenges, and Tensions,
Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D. , vol.33 , no.1 , pp.45-64 , 2016
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| 8 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : Revisiting ‘Bargaining’ - Reflections on Feminist Extensions of Sen’s Household Bargaining Model: Case Studies of Gendered Labour Regime,
International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature , vol.1 , no.2 , pp.39-46 , 2013
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| 9 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : From Image Realities to Social Realities: Unpacking Pleasure and Procreation in TV and Press Advertisements of Contraceptives in Bangladesh,
VISUAL ENCOUNTERS: BEYOND THE WRITTEN AND TOWARDS THE SENSORY , vol.7 , no.4 , pp.31-39 , 2011
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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : The Imageries of Menstruation in Sanitary Napkin Ads: Representation and the Practice of Discourse as a Marketing Strategy,
Advertising & Society Review , vol.11 , no.4 , 2011
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| 11 |
Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : Sexuality, Power and Norms: Understanding Facets of Female Sexual Behavior in Socio-Cultural and Political Context of Bangladesh,
Education and Development Special Issue, Published by the Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Development, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, , vol.Special Issue, Published by the Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Development, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. , pp.1-16 , 2011
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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : Representation of Gender and Heterosexuality: A Study of Contraceptive Advertisements in Bangladesh – 1971 to 2011,
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Hum.) , vol.Volume 63 , no.2 , pp.205-245 , December 2018
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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : Marketing of a Liberation War! Its Symbolic Representation in Commercials of Bangladesh,
Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , vol.27 , no.1 , June, 2010
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
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| International | Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy | 2013 | United Kingdom | A professional recognition for teaching at the University of Sussex. Awarded by the Higher Education Academy, UK. |
| International | SEPHIS grant Award | 2011 | Netherlands | This grant was awarded by the SEPHIS Netherlands to receive a special participatory training on “Visual Methodologies: Beyond the Written and towards the Sensory” in Cairo, Egypt. |
| International | Solidarity Fund Award | 2011 | Canada | This highly competitive Solidarity Fund Award was granted by the Women's Worlds Congress, to present a paper at the University of Ottawa, Canada. |
| International | Commonwealth Scholarship | 2011 | United Kingdom | I was awarded with the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Gender, Media and Sexuality, at the University of Sussex, England. |
| International | Kartini Network Grant Award | 2010 | Malaysia | This competitive grant was awarded to present a paper titled “Telling the Other Story: Women’s Narratives of Violence Experiences from Intimate Partners- Reflections from Coastal Areas of Bangladesh” at Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. |
| National | Social Science Dean’s Award | 2009 | Bangladesh | Awarded by the Faculty of Social Sciences for obtaining the Highest CGPA in Honours Final Year, at the Women and Gender Studies Department. |
| National | UNFPA Fellowship Award | 2008 | Bangladesh | Received UNFPA Fellowship Award for writing one of the best Thesis paper for M.S.S. |
| National | Ruqayyah Memorial Foundation Gold Medal | 2008 | Bangladesh | Ruqayyah Memorial Foundation Gold Medal was awarded by the University of Dhaka, for academic excellence and extra-curricular activities. |
| International | Fellowship "Institutionalizing the Department of Women’s Studies" | 2008 | Netherlands | This fellowship was awarded in collaboration with ISS Netherlands, funded by The Royal Dutch Embassy- Dhaka to pursue MA in Development Studies(Women ,Gender and Development) at the Institute of Social Studies(ISS), the Netherlands. |
Name & designation
Dr. Umme Busra Fateha Sultana
Professor
Department
Department of Women and Gender Studies Faculty of Social Sciences
Email
ubsultana@yahoo.com
Phone
880-2-9661900/6771