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Aloka Ahmed Oishy

Aloka Ahmed Oishy

Senior Research Associate

aloka.oishy@bracu.ac.bd

Aloka Ahmed Oishy is a Senior Research Associate at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University. 

Previously, Aloka was a Trainee Research Associate in the quantitative stream under the Young Researchers Fellowship program. She also served as the Deputy Head of HR and Documentation in Project Pothchola, a project that works for the development of the children of sex workers. Aloka completed her Master’s in Development Studies with a focus on Development Economics and her Bachelor’s in Development Studies from the University of Dhaka.

Childcare Support, Maternal Distress, and Sleep Quality in Low-Income Urban Bangladesh

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Aloka Ahmed Oishy; Raisa Adiba; Ishraq Sabbir Nirjhor and Shaila Ahmed, PhD

Topic(s): Care Economy

Motherhood, Labor Markets, and Home-Based Childcare Provision: Reflections From a Pilot Project in Urban Bangladesh

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Aloka Ahmed Oishy; Raisa Adiba; Shaila Ahmed, PhD and Munshi Sulaiman, PhD

Topic(s): Care Economy

Neuroimaging for Care Evaluation

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD; Shaila Ahmed, PhD; Raisa Adiba and Aloka Ahmed Oishy

Topic(s): Gender and Social Development, Care Economy

Evidence on Childcare (ECC)

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD; Shaila Ahmed, PhD; Sakila Yesmin; Aloka Ahmed Oishy and Raisa Adiba

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Gender and Social Development, Care Economy

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