Simeen Mahmud, Head, Gender Cluster and Nuzhat Sharmeen, Research Associate attended the workshop on "Creating Inclusive and Resilient Cities" organized by CORD (Collaboration for Research on democracy), Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre in Milan, Italy from March 6-10, 2017. Simeen Mahmud presented the paper titled “Engaging the urban poor to build resilient communities: realizing the right to water in urban Bangladesh”.
Simeen Mahmud; Maheen Sultan, Visiting Fellow and Sahida Khondaker, Research Associate presented paper titled ‘Care work and Gender Roles’, ‘Exploring Care Work of Women’ and ‘Images of Caring Men’ accordingly at the inauguration of the Center for Advanced Research at Central Women's University.
Nuzhat Sharmeen attended the training on Elsevier (Science Direct) Digital Resource Awareness & Author Workshop in association with Access to Information (a2i), Krishibid Institute Bangladesh, March 02, 2017.
Dr. Shanawez Hossain attended the meeting between BRAC and Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore, held at BRAC Centre on March 19, 2017. Dr. Hossain participated at a panel discussion on “NGO and development in Bangladesh” on the occasion of celebrating BRAC Day 2017, held on March 19, 2017. He also, attended a live TV Discussion on Traffic and Public Transport of Dhaka City based on BIGD’s State of Cities Report, 2016 at News24 on March 29, 2017.