Farah Kabir

Farah Kabir has been working with Action Aid Bangladesh as the Country Director since June 2007. Over 19 years of vast experience in the field of development and research has made Farah Kabir a renowned human rights figure at home and abroad with an uncompromising voice against human-rights violation. Over the last seven years, as the Country Director of ActionAid Bangladesh, Farah Kabir has been engaged in persistent advocacy with many a corporate company to exhilarate their charity initiative and extend support to the poor and marginalized community people. As a result of her strong advocacy, international bank like HSBC came in aide of orphan street children to help them lead a secure life. Citi Bank, Mutual Trust Bank and renowned telecommunication company Airtel have become part of ActionAid’s charity endeavour due to the contribution of Farah Kabir. Farah Kabir, who commenced her career with the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), also has a vast research experience with a host of publications especially on Women in Politics to her credit. For her significant contribution in women’s rights movement of Bangladesh, Farah Kabir won the prestigious "Nawab Ali Chowdhury National Award 2012”. Ms Kabir worked with British Council for nearly ten years both in Bangladesh and United Kingdom. On behalf of British Council, Farah Kabir was the Consultant of Participative Democracy of British Council Governance Team in the UK with responsibility to develop Governance programmed in Scotland. Prior to that, she was Assistant Director, Governance of British Council Bangladesh. Farah has acquired extensive experience and knowledge on development with specific focus on Governance and Women’s issues, particularly “women in politics”. She is also an advocate of just and equitable climate deal. As an expert on climate change, women rights and governance issue, Farah Kabir delivered speech in a number of international summits. Her key speeches include: sharing experience on climate change adaptation in the UN and at the CSO dialogue in the UN, speech at the South Asian Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Climate Change by Climate Action Network South Asia in February 2013. She also spoke on Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate and Sustainable Development Goals. (SDGs) integration at the UNISDR in Geneva in May 2013. She is an active member of many professional societies. To name a few, Ms Kabir was a member of the Governance Board of Napier University, Edinburgh Scotland, a member of Board of Trustees for Zero Tolerance, Scotland, a board member of Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), advisory panel member of LDC Independent Expert Group on Post 2015 supported by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). She is presently a Board member of Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE), Member of Education Watch and Member of the Funding Committee of Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF). Farah Kabir has been associated with the media since University life as a newscaster on both National Television and Radio.

Publications

Discourse Analysis as a Tool for Understanding Gender Identity, Representation, and Equality
Discourse Analysis as a Tool for Understanding Gender Identity, Representation, and Equality
Nazmunnessa Mahtab, Sara Parker, Farah Kabir, Tania Haque, Aditi Sabur, Abu Saleh Mohammad Sowad. © 2016. 323 pages.
Today, gender and gender identity is at the forefront of discussion as the plight of women around the world and issues of gender equality and human rights have become an...