Roksana Bahramitash

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Roksana Bahramitash
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Iran
Other namesRoksana Bahrami-Tash
Academic background
MENA
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Roksana Bahramitash (born 1956)

gender segregation in Islam, and microeconomics. In post-revolution Iran, Bahramitash was working on improving peasant women's literacy and access to economic development resources.[2]

Early life and education

She was placed second in nationwide Iranian University entrance exams, and attended Universities in Iran where she earned both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sociology. Bahramitash came to Canada in 1991 to complete her PhD in Sociology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.[3]

Bahramitash eventually settled in Montreal, Canada as a citizen, where she has done post-doctoral work at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University in Montreal[4] and Simon Fraser University.

Career

Bahramitash has held lecturing and research positions at

War in Afghanistan.[5]
A follow up film to Beyond the Bourqa was intended, however filming came to an abrupt end when a suicide bomb was detonated at a U.N. compound very near to where Bahramitash was staying and herself and her crew were forced to leave Afghanistan because of the heightened level of danger.

Bahramitash is the winner of the Aileen D. Ross award (2003–04) for her focus on women and poverty in the Middle East.

Her first book was Liberation from Liberalization: Gender and Globalization in Southeast Asia.

Publications

This is a list of select publications by Bahramitash.

Books

Book chapters

Journal articles

References

  1. ^ "Bahramitash, Roksana". Virtual International Authority File.
  2. ^ Bahramitash, Roksana. "Gender and Entrepreneurship in Iran Microenterprise and the Informal Sector". About the Author. Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. ^ McQueen, Carol (October 10, 2002). "Exploring Female Employment in the Muslim World" (PDF). Concordia's Thursday Report. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Concordia University".
  5. ^ "Beyond the Bourqa". MEHODUDE via YouTube. February 11, 2009.
  6. ^ McQueen, Carol (October 10, 2002). "Exploring female employment in the Muslim world". Concordia's Thursday Report Online. Concordia University.
  7. ^ Proactive disclosure for grants and contributions, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, April 1, 2006
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  11. United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
    . December 10, 2011.