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Academic Background

Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
Masters of Science, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
MSS in Sociology, University of Dhaka
BSS (Hon’s) in Sociology, University of Dhaka

Dr. Mumita Tanjeela is presently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at East West University. Dr. Tanjeela awarded her PhD degree from the School of Government and International of Griffith University, Australia in 2016. Her PhD thesis topic was “ Untold Stories: Women’s Resiliency and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh”. Dr. Tanjeela obtained MSc degree in Gender and Development Studies from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand in 2008 and Bachelor and Masters degree in Sociology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Before joining East West University in May 2017, Dr. Tanjeela worked with the Department of Women Affairs (DWA) under the Ministry of Women Affairs, Bangladesh for 20 years from 1997-2017. During that period she was involved in multidimensional activities such as project formulation, program implementation, project management to project monitoring and evaluation activities. She was part of two projects implementation- titled ‘Ensure Safe Water and Social Safety for Women and Children who are at Risk under the Impact of Climate Change in Coastal areas of Bangladesh’ and ‘Addressing Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Interface of DWA’. She was also responsible for developing ‘Gender database of Bangladesh under SAARC Gender Info-base Program in cooperation with UNWOMEN. Prior to that Dr. Tanjeela worked as a Research Assistant in Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation unit of a non-government development organization named Ganao Sahajjaya Sangstha (GSS) where she was involved in organization’s programs monitoring and evaluation related activities.

Her expertise includes Gender and development, Gender and Environment, Climate change Adaptation, Disaster management, Violence against women, Women and politics.

Professional Experience

January 2023-

Associate Professor

August 2018- August 2022

Chairperson, Department of Sociology, East-West University, Dhaka.

May 2017-August 2018

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology, East-West University, Dhaka.

May 2008 – May 2017

Assistant- Director (Monitoring, Coordination and Awareness Rising Unit), the Department of Women Affairs, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh).

June 1997 – May 2006

Assistant Director (Women support program), Department of Women Affairs Dhaka, Bangladesh

June 1995 – May 1997

Research Assistant (Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation), Ganao Sahajjaya Sangstha (GSS), A non-government development organization of Bangladesh.

Research Interest

DRR and Climate Change; Gender Analysis and Planning; Gender Budgeting; Gender- CCA and DRR; Women and Local Government; Gender based Violence.

Selected Publications

2021-2022- Understanding Coping Strategies of University Students of Dhaka City during COVID19: through a Social Capital Lens. Funded by the Centre of Training and Research (CRT), East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2012-2015- PhD Research titled “Untold Stories: Women’s Resiliency and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh”, Centre of Governance and Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia.

2007-2008- “NGOs and Women’s Participation in Local Government Bodies in Bangladesh” was conducted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

2009–2010 - “Women Participation in Local Government: Changes and Achievements”. Promotional Researcher; Sponsor: Social Research Council, Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

2006 - 2007 “International Female Labour Migration: A Case Study of Bangladesh”. Promotional Researcher, Sponsor: Social Research Council, Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

2004 “Identify the linkage between the Agricultural Marketing Value chain and the Poor, women and ethnic groups` worked as a gender specialist in that study conducted by Dr. Mahbub Ahmed, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Dhaka, supported by Agricultural Marketing Dept. and Asian Development Bank in June 2004.

Tanjeela, M. (2023). Gendered Vulnerability and Role of Women in Landslide Preparedness: A Case Study of Urban Periphery of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Sinha. B.R(Eds), Urban Dynamics, Environment and Health: An International Perspective. Springer Nature, Singapore, ISBN-13:9789819957439, 1^st ed. 2023.
Billah M, Rutherford S, Akhter S and Tanjeela M. (2023) Exploring mental health challenges and coping strategies in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Front. Public Health 11:1152366. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1152366
Tanjeela, M. (2022): Understanding the struggles of Bangladeshi women in coping with climate change through a gender analysis. Gender, Technology and Development, Routledge, Taylor & Francis group. DOI: 10.1080/09718524.2022.2144101
Khanom, S. Tanjeela, M. & Rutherford, S. (2022) Climate-induced migrant’s hopeful journey toward security: Pushing the boundaries of gendered vulnerability and adaptability in Bangladesh. Front. Clim. 4:922504. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2022.922504
Tanjeela, M. & Billah, M. (2022). Climate Migration and Challenges of Urban Poor in Bangladesh. International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses. Volume 15, Issue 1, 2022, https://on-climate.com. https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v15i01/15-31 (Article)
Tanjeela, M. (2021). Female Leadership in the Local Governments: Reconstruction of Traditional Gender Identity of Women in Rural Bangladesh. Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies: Alam-E-Niswan, 28(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.46521/pjws.028.01.0086
Tanjeela, M. & Rahman, A. (2020). The Need for Understanding Disaster Risk for Resilient City Development. AUC 2019, Proceedings of the 15th International Asian Urbanization Conference, Vietnam, Springer Singapore.
Tanjeela, M. & Rutherford, S. (2020). How women develop resiliency in climate vulnerable situations: Experiences of women across four regions of Bangladesh. (Eds), Climate Adaptation for a Sustainable Economy: Lessons from Bangladesh, an Emerging Tiger of Asia. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY 11788 USA.
Tanjeela, M. & Rutherford, S. (2018). The Influence of Gender Relations on Women’s Involvement and Experience in Climate Change Adaptation Programs in Bangladesh. SAGE Open October-December 2018: 1–9. DOI: 10.1177/2158244018812620 journals.sagepub.com/home/sgo
Tanjeela, M. (2019). Are Migrant Women More Vulnerable in Urban Context? A Case Study on Four Slums of Dhaka City. Proceedings on International Conference on Disaster Risk Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 12-14, 2019
Tanjeela, M. (2015). Women and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh: Do Women Matter? International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp.61-74. Published online: December 3, 2015.
Tanjeela, M. (2015). Coping With Disasters: The Potentiality of Indigenous Knowledge and Community Based Responses to Climate Change Adaptation. Conference proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Building Resilience, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia ISBN - 978-0-9943652-1-7 Published by NCP 2015.
Tanjeela, M. (2011) Women Voices in Local Government Bodies in Bangladesh. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, ISBN: 9783845416281

" Bridging the Gap:Socio-economic Challenges and Psychological Insecurities among Aging Population of Bangladesh" In the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS) Conference -2024 on 6 March 2024, Hiroshima University, Japan.
"Gendered Struggle of Bangladeshi Women in Coping with Climate Change: Need for Gender Transformative Approaches" in the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology on 29 June 2023, Melbourne, Australia.
"How Students Developed Coping Strategies during COVID-19? a Sociological Study Among University Level Students in Dhaka City, Bangladesh" in the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology on 30 June 2023, Melbourne, Australia.
“The Need for Understanding Disaster Risk for Resilient City Development “in the 15th International Asian Urbanization Conference (AUC 2019), on November 27-29, 2019, Hochimin, Vietnam.
“Are Migrant Women More Vulnerable in Urban Context? A Case Study on Four Slums of Dhaka City” in the International Conference on Disaster Risk Management (ICDRM), Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 12-14, 2019.
“What Makes Women Resilient in a Climate Vulnerable situation? Untold Stories of Bangladeshi Women in the Era of Climate Change”. International Conference on Pathways to a Sustainable Economy: Vision 2041 Agenda for Bangladesh. Organized by: Dhaka School of Economics, Dhaka University (DU) Bangladesh, Jagannath University (JU), Dhaka, Griffith University (GU) Australia, University of Bath (UB) UK, and Bremen University, Germany, October 30-31, 2018
‘Untold Stories: Women’s Resiliency in DRR and CCA in Bangladesh’ in the International Conference on ‘South Asian Sociology & Beyond’ presented research paper titled Organized by Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh held on 19-20^th January 2018.
‘Women’s participation in local government bodies: Transformation of gender relations in rural Bangladesh’ was presented in the ‘Contemporary Changes in Bangladesh Society, organized by Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh going to be held on 12^th May 2018.
“Gender Discourses in Climate Change Adaptation – The Case of Bangladesh” was presented in the Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference (APSA) , held from 28-30^th September, 2015 at University of Canberra , Australia.“Women and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh: Do Women Matter?” was presented in 6^th International conference on climate change: Impacts and Responses, held in University of Reykjavik, Iceland from 27^th to 29^th June, 2014.

Session Chair:‘ Climatic Impacts on Security and Vulnerability’ in Network for Education and Research on Peace & Sustainability (NERPS) Conference-2024 held in Hiroshima University, Japan, on 7 March 2024.
Panelist: A session on Health Effects on Climate Change Issues" in the observance of International Volunteer Day organized by Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, DU; VSO Bangladesh; and National Youth Platform on 5 December 202
Gender Expert: Capacity building workshop on ‘Strengthening Civil Society Organisation (CSO) and Trade Union (TU) Advocacy Engagement to Advance the Rights of Women Migrant Workers from South Asia’ organized by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) & Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA).
Keynote Speaker: Workshop on ‘Gender responsive and resilient cities for all: Community-based adaptation in informal settlements of Bangladesh’ organized by Cities Alliance: Cities without Slums and hosted by UNOPS on 8 December 2021.
Panelist: Climate Talk to mark the International Women's Day 2021 organized by Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), Bangkok and 'Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia ' project, WB .
Keynote Speaker: International conference ‘Gobeshona 5’ Session 17 -Gender hosted by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) on January 10, 2019.

Best presenter award in the 'Network for Education and Research on Peace & Sustainability (NERPS) Conference-2024' held in Hiroshima University, Japan from 5 March to 8 March 2024.

Executive Member, Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS).

Member, Bangladesh Sociological Association.

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