A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
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.
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.
DRR and Climate Change; Gender Analysis and Planning; Gender Budgeting; Gender- CCA and DRR; Women and Local Government; Gender based Violence.
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.
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.
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship from 2012-2016 for pursuing PhD degree
Asian Institute of Technology Scholarship from 2006-2008 for Msc degree
Member, International Sociological Association (ISA)
Member, South Asian Network for Gender Activists and Trainers (SANGAT).
Executive Member, Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS).
Member, Bangladesh Sociological Association.
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