Faculty Profile

Korima Begum

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Anthropology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801712814839
  • Email: [email protected] , [email protected]

Biography

Korima Begum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. She completed her BSS (Honours), MSS in Anthropology from SUST, and MA in Human Rights and Democratization from the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand. She served as a humanitarian worker with UNHCR in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, from 2011 to 2013. Her academic and professional interests are Human Rights, Health and Gender, Child Rights issues. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Gender-Based Violence at SUST.

Education

  • MA in Human Rights and Democratization (Mahidol University, Thailand)
  • MSS in Anthropology (SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh)
  • BSS (Hon’s) in Anthropology (SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh)

Research Interests

  • Health and Gender Issues
  • Language and Culture
  • Child Rights
  • Human Rights

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Impact of Climate Change on Health: an Exploration on Haor People. Period: 2015-2016; Funding Authority: University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh
  • 2. Health Information Messages: Knowledge, Perception and Cultural Responses among the Women in North-East Region of Bangladesh”. Funded by SUST Research Center, SUST, Bangladesh.
  • 3. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitation, Acceptance among University Students in Bangladesh”. Funded by SUST Research Center, SUST, Bangladesh

External Affiliations

  • Ex Member of SUST Teachers Association
  • General Secretary of SHIMANTIK (Non-Government Organization)
  • Ex Member, Teachers Association, SUST
  • Ex Treasurer, Nribiggan Shomiti, Dept. of ANP, SUST
  • Chairman, Sylhet Regional Committee, SHIMANTIK (Non-Government Organization)
  • Member, Teachers Recruitment Committee, RTM Al-Kabir Technical University, Sylhet

Journal Publications

  • 1. Understanding the Experiences of Female Members in Zila Parishad, Sylhet, Bangladesh (2022)
  • 2. Factors influencing sanitation and hygiene practices among students in a public university in Bangladesh. (2021)
  • 3. • Begum, Korima (2020). Accessibility of Justice for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in the Customary Court at Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh. New Research in International Development, Human Rights and International Relations at A Time of Disruption, 29-30 July 2020. (2020)
  • 4. Das Gupta, Sudipto, Zaman, Maliha Samiha & begum, Korima (2020). Rohingya children in Bangladesh: Safeguarding their health-related rights in relation to the available healthcare system. Children rights. GCHRJ, Vol. No. 4.1(2020). (2020)
  • 5. Begum, Korima (2020). BANGLADESH: NORMALAIZATION OF RAPE MUST STOP. Global Campus, Asia-Pacific. apma-humanrights.org (2020)
  • 6. Begum, korima & Zaman, Maliha Samiha (2019). Islam and Women Education: Analyzing the Current Interpretation and Its Impact of Islamic Standpoint on Women Education. Understanding Social Issues, Some Reflections, Vol. 1. ISBN 978-93-88207-44-7 (2019)

Teaching

  • Linguistic Anthropology
  • Belief system
  • Anthropology and Child Rights
  • Gender Issues
  • Anthropology and Jurisprudence

Awards & Recognition

  • PhD Scholarship, SUST Research Center, Sylhet