Dr. Umme Busra Fateha Sultana
(Associate Professor & Chairperson)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 | 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
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Project/Research Work
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Invited Talk
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| Book Section | |
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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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| 3 |
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 | |
| 1 |
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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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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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 ‘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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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 – 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 “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. |
Dr. Umme Busra Fateha Sultana
Associate Professor & Chairperson
Department of Women and Gender Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Email: ubsultana@yahoo.com
Mobile (Dept): 880-2-9661900/6771