Rounaq Jahan
Rounaq Jahan | |
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রওনক জাহান | |
Born | March 2, 1944 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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Years active | 1970–present |
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Institutions | University of Dhaka (1970–1993) Columbia University (1990–present) |
Main interests | Gender and development, governance, health, politics of Bangladesh |
Notable works | Pakistan: Failure in National Integration; Women and Development: Perspectives from South and South-East Asia; Bangladesh: Promise and Performance[1] |
Rounaq Jahan (Bengali: রওনক জাহান; born 2 March 1944) is a Bangladeshi political scientist, feminist leader and author.[3] A former faculty of the University of Dhaka, Jahan teaches and researches at the Columbia University since 1990.[4] She was a representative of Bangladesh to the 32nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 1977.[5] She founded Women for Women, one of the first feminist research centres in Bangladesh, in 1973,[6] and is the director of Research Initiatives Bangladesh (RIB).
Early life
Jahan received her MA in political science from University of Dhaka in 1963 and from Harvard University in 1968. She earned her PhD from Harvard University in 1970.[5]
Career
Jahan joined the University of Dhaka in 1970, where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses on comparative politics, political development, and research methodology. She also supervised MPhil and PhD theses till she left the university in 1993. From 1973 to 1975 she was the chairperson of the Department of Political Science of the university.
During her tenure at Dhaka University Jahan served several policymaking bodies established by the Government of Bangladesh in an advisory capacity in the fields of education, culture, rural development, women, and population.
Jahan was the head of the Programme on Rural Women, Employment and Development Department at the
Since 1990, Jahan is working as a senior research scholar at the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University and an adjunct professor of international affairs at School of International and Public Affairs of the university. There she has taught for the graduate courses on Women and Development: Key Policy Issues (1991–95), Gender, Politics and Development (1998), and Arsenic Crisis in Bangladesh (2000).[5]
Bibliography
Most of Jahan's research is on gender and development, governance, health, and politics of Bangladesh.[5] She is also a prolific author of articles published in edited books, academic journals, magazines and newspapers. Her notable books include:
- Bangladesh: Promise and Performance (edited, Zed Books, 2000)
- The Elusive Agenda: Mainstreaming Women in Development (St. Martin's Press, 1995)
- Bangladesh Politics: Problems and Issues (University Press, 1980)
- Women and Development: Perspectives from South and South-East Asia (coedited with Hanna Papanek, Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs, 1979)
- Pakistan: Failure in National Integration (Columbia, 1972).[5]
References
- ^ Alam, Shahid (2015-07-06). "Bangladesh: Promise and Performance". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- ^ "Prof Rounaq Jahan receives Radcliffe Award". The Daily Star. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- ^ "Test case for polls under a political govt". The Daily Star. 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- ^ "'One of the best ways to tackle extremists is to ensure space for non-violent and democratic opposition'". The Daily Star. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Rounaq Jahan". Academics. School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Retrieved 2007-08-21. quoted by "Rounaq Jahan". Source Watch. Center for Media & Democracy. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Burra, Neera. "Women and Micro-Credit: Some Challenges Note Prepared for the National Commission on Farmers" (PDF). UNDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2007-08-21.