JU VC’s book ‘Women’s Work Gender and Kinship’ unveiled

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SAVAR, March 11, 2020 (BSS) – The book ‘Women’s Work Gender and Kinship’
by Jahangirnagar University (JU) Vice Chancellor Professor Farzana Islam was
unveiled yesterday.

Former chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) Professor Nazrul
Islam presided over the book launching ceremony held at Kabi Sufia kamal
auditorium of National Museum in Dhaka.

Professor Nazrul Islam expressed optimism for the Bangla edition of the
book so that people of all levels can study the book.

Conducted by Professor Ahmed Reza, political scientist Professor Dr. Naseem
Akhter Hossain, anthropologist Professor Uasir Uddin, social analyst
Khondoker Sakhawat Ali, gender specialist Salma A. Shafi discussed the book
at the launching ceremony.

The writer of the book Professor Farzana Islam, an anthropologist, was
born in Shariatpur in 1957. She did her post graduation in sociology from
Dhaka University in 1980 and joined Chittagong University as a lecturer of
the Sociology Department in 1982. In 1986, she joined the JU Anthropology
Department and subsequently became its chairperson. She also did her PhD from
Sussex University of the UK in 2001. In 2014, she was appointed as the vice
chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU).