Farhana Begum

Ph.D. Candidate

M.A. in Anthropology, Carleton University
M.S.S in Anthropology, University of Dhaka
B.S.S. (Hons.), University of Dhaka

Supervisor: Dr. William H. Mckellin

Email: fb2003[-at-]interchange.ubc.ca

Research interests: Gender and health, Political economy of healthcare, and Healing systems.

Current Projects: She is working on women's health practices in rural Bangladesh for her dissertation.

Selected Publications:

Begum, Farhana, "Nayakrishi Movement: Reinstatement of Women in Agriculture", Canadian Woman Studies, 23(1), (Fall/Winter 2003), 135-139.

Begum, Farhana, "Empowerment approaches to women in Bangladesh: An assessment", The Dhaka University Studies (A peer-reviewed journal of the University of Dhaka), 58(2), (Dec, 2001), 161-178.