Hafiza Khatun
| Hafiza Khatun | |
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| File:HAFIZA KHATUN.jpgHAFIZA KHATUN.jpg Prof. Hafiza Khatun in 2020 | |
| Native name | হাফিজা খাতুন |
| Born | 12 July 1954 Dacca, East Bengal. (Now Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Bangladesh |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Jahangirnagar University University of Dhaka |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Professor Dr. Md. Hazrat Ali |
| 👶 Children | 3 |
Hafiza Khatun (Bengali: হাফিজা খাতুন; born on 12 July 1954) is a Professor of Geography and Environment at the University of Dhaka where she joined in 1986 as lecturer. She published nine books and more than 80 research articles in national and international journals.
Early life and education[edit]
Hafiza Khatun was born and brought up in Bongshal in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. She obtained BA Honors (1976) and MA (1977) in Geography from Jahangirnagar University. She was awarded with Commonwealth Scholarship to obtain another master's degree (Urban & Social Geography) from University of Alberta, Canada, which she completed in 1984. She obtained her Ph.D. from University of Dhaka in 1998.
Career[edit]
Hafiza Khatun began her career in 1979 as a Research Officer under Urban Development Directorate, Ministry of Housing and Public Works. She later joined the University of Dhaka in 1986 as a Lecturer, where she eventually obtained her full professorship in 2000 and served as the Chairperson of the Department of Geography and Environment from June 2015 to June 2018.
Research[edit]
Hafiza Khatun is a Social Safeguard Specialist and contributed to policies and planning related to land acquisition, development activities, resettlement and rehabilitation within Bangladesh. She conducted studies on the relocation/resettlement of people displaced for development of infrastructure projects funded by leading development finance institutions. Her work on practices and challenges of resettlement in Bangladesh has been summarized in the book Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement in Bangladesh: Case Studies and Practices.
Activism[edit]
Bangladesh Liberation War[edit]
Hafiza Khatun actively participated in the war of liberation of Bangladesh in 1971. Khatun was involved in providing food, medicine, and primary first aid to the freedom fighters.
Education and Social[edit]
Hafiza Khatun has established trust funds in different research and educational institutions with aims of promoting education among the less-privileged and establishing gender equity in higher education.
Personal life[edit]
Khatun is married to Prof. Dr. Md. Hazrat Ali, now the Vice-Chancellor of First Capital University of Bangladesh (FCUB), Chuadanga. from 2018. Khatun has three children and six grandchildren.
Publications (selected)[edit]
Books[edit]
- Ahmad, Nasreen; Khatun, Hafiza, eds. (2001). Disaster: Issues and Gender Perspectives (Conference publication). Dhaka: Bangladesh Geographical Society. OCLC 52727997. Search this book on
- —— (2003). Dhakaiyas on the Move. Dhaka: Academic Press and Publishers. ISBN 978-984-08-0180-0. Search this book on
- —— (2018). Environment and sustainable development in Bangladesh : geographical perspectives. Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka. ISBN 978-984-34-4310-6. Search this book on
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