Dr. Umme Busra Fateha Sultana
(Professor)Department of Women and Gender Studies
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| 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 | 91精品 | Bangladesh | 2008 |
| Bachelor | Women and Gender Studies | 91精品 | 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 91精品 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
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Project/Research Work
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Invited Talk
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| Book Section | |
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Sultana, Umme Busra Fateha and Jahan, F. "鈥�#MeToo and Everyday Sexism in Bangladesh鈥�."
The Other #MeToos. Cheema, I.S. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023 159-175 .
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Sultana, Umme Busra Fateha "鈥溹Θ唳距Π唰�唳� 唳曕唳粪Ξ唳む唰熰Θ唰� 唳唰嵿唳Θ唰嵿Η唰佲�� (鈥淏angabandhu and Women鈥檚 Empowerment鈥�)."
唳唰嵿唳Θ唰嵿Η唰佮Π 唳夃Θ唰嵿Θ唰熰Θ 唳︵Π唰嵿Χ唳� (鈥淏angabandhu and Women鈥檚 Empowerment鈥�). Islam, Md. R. (唳囙Ω唳侧唳�, 唳. 唳班Λ唳苦唰佮Σ 唳膏Ξ唰嵿Κ唳距Ζ唳苦Δ) Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), 2022 279-292 .
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Sultana, UBF "鈥淧roblematizing Love, Sex and Marriage: Contraceptive Advertisements in Bangladesh鈥�."
Past and Present: Perspectives on Gender and Love. Gardiner, K. and Pfister, S.V. eds. Netherlands: BRILL, 2019 163鈥�177 .
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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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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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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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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 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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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 | |
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Sultana, UBF : 鈥淕ender and Sexuality in Contraceptive Advertising in Bangladesh (1972-2011) 鈥� An Audience Perspective鈥�,
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Hum.) , vol.68 , no.2 Asiatic Society of Bangladesh , pp.175-192 , 2023
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Sultana, UBF : 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Narratives of Domestic Violence and Help Seeking Behaviour in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh: A Feminist Sociological Exploration鈥�,
Social Science Review The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D. , vol.39 , no.3 Faculty of Social Sciences, Dhaka University , 2022
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Sultana, UBF : 鈥淧ower and Emotion in Family: Analysis of Online Entrepreneurship in Dhaka City from Gender Perspective鈥�,
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 : 鈥淪exuality in Everyday Life in Bangladesh: Documenting Social Class and Generation through a Gender Lens鈥�,
Journal of Bangladesh Studies , vol.22 , no.1 Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI) , USA , 2020
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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana and Tuba Ahmed : 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Empowerment through Social 91精品 Entrepreneurship: A Critical Analysis of Online Female Entrepreneurship in Dhaka City鈥�,
Empowerment: A Journal of Women for Women , vol.26 , pp.1-16 , 2019
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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana and N. Tabassum : 鈥淭he Gendered Space of Home in Television Advertisements 鈹� the 鈥淒utiful鈥� Wives and the 鈥淐arefree鈥� Husbands鈥�,
Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , vol.36 , no.December 2019 , pp.69-90 , 2019
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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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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : Revisiting 鈥楤argaining鈥� - Reflections on Feminist Extensions of Sen鈥檚 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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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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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 : 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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Umme Busra Fateha Sultana : Representation of Gender and Heterosexuality: A Study of Contraceptive Advertisements in Bangladesh 鈥� 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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| 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 鈥淰isual Methodologies: Beyond the Written and towards the Sensory鈥� 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, 91精品 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 鈥淭elling the Other Story: Women鈥檚 Narratives of Violence Experiences from Intimate Partners- Reflections from Coastal Areas of Bangladesh鈥� at Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. |
| National | Social Science Dean鈥檚 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 91精品, for academic excellence and extra-curricular activities. |
| International | Fellowship "Institutionalizing the Department of Women鈥檚 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. |
Dr. Umme Busra Fateha Sultana
Professor
Department of Women and Gender Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Email: ubsultana@yahoo.com
Mobile (Dept): 880-2-9661900/6771