Date & Time: December 4th (Thu) 17:10-19:10
Venue: Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University (Waseda campus, Building no.19, Room 711)
* Room will be open from 17:00.
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Title: “Renegotiating patriarchy in a challenging environment: Stories of change from Bangladesh”
Speaker: Naila Kabeer (Professor  Emeritus, Department of International Development & Faculty of International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics.)

Abstract:
What has been described as the ‘Bangladesh Paradox’ in the development literature refers to the remarkable progress made by the country on social development and gender equality, despite the abysmal poverty, high levels of fertility and the structures of extreme patriarchy that characterized it when it emerged as an independent state in 1971.  Naila Kabeer’s new book brings together the macro-level conditions that made this possible as well as the agency exercised by ordinary women and men in translating these possibilities into a remarkable story of progress in a challenging environment.

Bio:
Naila Kabeer is Emeritus Professor of Gender and Development in the Department of International Development at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Naila is also a Faculty Associate of the International Inequalities Institute, LSE and directs its research programme on Gender Justice and the Wellbeing Economy,. She has done extensive advisory work with international agencies (World Bank, ADB, UNDP, UN Women), bilateral agencies (DFID, SIDA, CIDA, IDRC) and NGOs (Oxfam, Action Aid, BRAC, PRADAN and Nijera Kori). Her most recent publication is Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the ‘Bangladesh Paradox’ (LSE Press 2024: Open Access: https://press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.31389/lsepress.rpg)
Website: https://nailakabeer.net/about-me/