“Knowledge, Power and Social Change: Conference Honouring Simeen Mahmud” was an event of exciting research and inspired thinking to celebrate the life and work of Simeen Mahmud, with a forward-looking focus. Simeen Mahmud began her career as a researcher in 1974. She joined BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) in 2007 and continued working there till the day she died in March 2018. She shaped the gender and social transformation research agenda of BIGD. She was a prolific writer and was a mentor, a colleague, a friend, a sister and a role model for many. The three daylong conferences brought together esteemed researchers who have worked with Simeen Mahmud, as well as those who work on similar issues, as a gesture of remembrance and respect for her. The objective of the event was to commemorate Simeen Mahmud and her work and work collaboratively to shape a future-oriented gender research agenda. The conference was organized by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, with sponsorship from BRAC, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Gender and Adolescence Global Evidence (GAGE) Programme led by ODI.
Type: Conference Report
Year: 2020