Ayesha Banu is currently teaching as a professor at the Department of Women and Gender Studies since 2001. She was awarded PhD degree on Bangladesh Women’s Movement from women and gender studies, University of Dhaka in 2015. She received her first Masters in Sociology (1987), University of Dhaka, while her ...
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Ayesha Banu is currently teaching as a professor at the Department of Women and Gender Studies since 2001. She was awarded PhD degree on Bangladesh Women’s Movement from women and gender studies, University of Dhaka in 2015. She received her first Masters in Sociology (1987), University of Dhaka, while her second Masters as a commonwealth scholar (1993-4), was from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK. She started her career as a researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in 1989.
Her research interests rotate around: Women’s movement, methodological issues, poverty and livelihood, women and religion, body and sexuality, gender and development
Women and Gender Studies, DU: “Feminism in Bangladesh: 1971-2000, Voices from the Women’s Movement” (with financial and academic support from Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Hague and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi)
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh
2015
Masters
Gender and Development Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
University of Sussex, UK
United Kingdom
1994
Masters
Sociology
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh
1986
Bachelor
Sociology
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh
1985
Title
Organization
Location
From Date
To Date
Lecturer, Department of Women and Gender Studies
University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
07, May 2001
03-08-2021
Dialogue Coordinator
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
01, Jun 1999
06-05-2001
Research Assistant
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
Dhaka Bangladesh
01, May 1991
31-05-1999
Research Interest
Subject
Description
Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Women and Gender Studies
Women’s Movement and Feminisms in Bangladesh, Feminist Theory, Methodological Issues, Gender and Development, Poverty and Livelihoods, Religion, Body and Sexuality issues.
Project/Research Supervision
Level of Study
Title
Supervisor
Co-Supervisor(s)
Name of Student(s)
Area of Research
Current Completion
No project/research
supervision is
found
Project/Research Work
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Project Name
Source of Fund
From Date
To Date
Collaboration
No project/research work is
found
Invited Talk
SL
Invited Talk
1
Pritilata Smarak Boktrita ( Pritilata Memorial Lecture) on 'War of Liberation and the Women's Movement in Bangladesh' at the School of Women's Studies (SWS), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, June 13, 2019
2
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Collaboration & Membership Name
Type
Membership Year
Expire Year
1
Human Development Foundation
Member of General Body and Board Member
2017
2
Member, Academic Committee and UGC nominated Member, Academic Council of Central Women's University, Hatkhola
member
2021
Book
1
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu
Gendered Lives, Livelihoods and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context.
Dhaka: Contributor and joint editor with Meghna Guhathakurta, 2017, University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2017 .
Book Section
1
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu and Dr. Fouzia Mannan "Ageing and Livelihood Vulnerability: Voices of Elderly Women from a Dhaka Slum."
Gendered Lives, Livelihoods and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context. Contributor and joint editor with Meghna Guhathakurta, 2017, University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2017 .
2
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu "Nariprodhan Khana;Daridra banam Shachhalota ;Kotipoy Shuchak Nirnoy."
Women: : Representation and Politics (in Bangla Nari: Protinidhitto o Rajniti. Eds Guhathakurta, M and etal Shamaj Nirikkhon Kendro, University of Dhaka, Dana Printers Ltd., 1997 .
Journal Article
1
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu and Sadiatun Rasna Eti : A Gendered Reality: An Overview of the Health Sector in South Asia,
Perspectives in Social Science , vol.A Compilation Volume of Seminar Papers , 2017
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2
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu and IffatRumman : Gender and Education in South Asia: An Overview,
The Journal of Social Studies (CSS), No.155, July-September,2017, Centre for Social Studies, Dhaka , 2017
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3
Ayesha Banu: Human Development, Disparity and Vulnerability: Women in South Asia,
HDRO Occasional Paper Series, Human Development Report Office, USA, , 2016
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Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu: Anti-Dowry Movement: A Milestone in the History of Women’s Movement in Bangladesh,
Empowerment: A Journal of Women for Women, Women for Women: A Research and Study Group, Dhaka , vol.23 , 2016
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5
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu and Firdous Azim : Burqa and Shalwar, Jeans and Sari - Changing Fashion on the Streets of Dhaka,
Himal, Southasian, , November December, 2005
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6
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu: Fabrics of Reality vs. Fabricated Reality: A Case for an Alternative Feminist Methodology,
Theoretical Perspectives: A Journal of Social Science and Arts, Centre for Alternatives, Dhaka University , vol.6 , pp.1-28 , 1999
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7
Ayesha Banu: Violence against Women: An Unending Cycle,
Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , vol.34 , pp.21-45 , March 2018
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8
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu: Global-Local Interactions: First Three Decades of Women’s Movement in Bangladesh,
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Humanities), No-2 , vol.60 , December 2015
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9
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu: Roots and Revisions: Looking at Feminism in Bangladesh: Some Preliminary Reflections,
Social Science Review, (The Dhaka University Studies), Part-D, No-2 , vol.32 , December 2015
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10
Prof. Dr. Ayesha Banu: Mere Pawns or Gaining Power? Construction of National and Gender Identity in Bangladesh,
Social Science Review, Number 2 , vol.19 , November 2002
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11
Dr Fouzia Mannan Dr Ayesha Banu: Women in Politics: Gender Quota and Women's Movement in Bangladesh,
Rajasthan Journal of Sociology, India , vol.Volume 12, October 2020 , pp.77-91 , 2020
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Award Type
Title
Year
Country
Description
National
• CGS-SQUARE Fellowship 2016
2019
Bangladesh
Centre for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka
International
Commonwealth Scholar: 1993-94, (IDS, University of Sussex)
1993
United Kingdom
Commonwealth Scholar: 1993-94, (IDS, University of Sussex)
