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Kabita Chowdhury

Kabita Chowdhury

Programme Coordinator

kabita.chowdhury@bracu.ac.bd

Kabita Chowdhury is a Programme Coordinator under the Executive department at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University.

Kabita has been actively involved in qualitative and quantitative research in the field of gender and development since 1989. Before rejoining BIGD, Kabita worked with the BRAC Development Institute and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). She also served in reputed national and international organizations, such as the Population Council, New York, Save the Children Fund, BRAC, Nagorik Uddyog, and UBINIG.

Kabita has Master’s and Bachelor’s in Islamic History and Culture from Barisal B.M. College under the University of Dhaka.

Journal Article

A New Approach to Children’s Work that Prioritises Resilience, Well-being and Agency: Emerging Findings from a ‘Cash Plus’ Intervention in Bangladesh

Date: 2025

Author(s): Howard, Neil; Roelen, Keetie; Ton, Giel; Hermoza, Mauricio Espinoza; Mamun, Saklain Al; Chowdhury, Kabita; Aktar, Taslima; Huq, Lopita.

Publisher: BMJ Paediatrics Open

Working Paper

Social Protection Experiences of and Attitudes Towards New Urban Poor After Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Date: 2024

Author(s): Roelen, Keetie; Ahmed, Md. Shakil; Chowdhury, Kabita; Diwakar, Vidya; Huq, Lopita; Al Mamun, Saklain; Rabbi, Abu Sayem; Tahreen Rahman, Nuzaba; Rownak, Raisa; Sultan, Maheen; Sumanthiran, Shilohni

Publisher: Institute of Development Studies

Policy Brief

অনিশ্চয়তা, এলাকাভিত্তিক বৈষম্য, এবং অপর্যাপ্ত সাহায্য: কোভিড-১৯ পরবর্তী বাংলাদেশের শহরে বসবাসরত দরিদ্রদের অভিজ্ঞতা

Date: 2023

Author(s): Roelen, Keetie; Al Mamun, Saklain; Chowdhury, Kabita; Diwakar, Vidya; Rabbi, Abu Sayem; Rownak, Raisa; Sultan, Maheen; Sumanthiran, Shilohni

Publisher: BIGD

Policy Brief

Precarity, Area-Based Discrimination, and Limited Support: Experiences of Urban Poverty After COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Date: 2023

Author(s): Roelen, Keetie; Al Mamun, Saklain; Chowdhury, Kabita; Diwakar, Vidya; Rabbi, Abu Sayem; Rownak, Raisa; Sultan, Maheen; Sumanthiran, Shilohni

Publisher: BIGD

Data and Evidence to End Extreme Poverty (DEEP)

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Raihan Ahamed, Kabita Chowdhury, Taslima Aktar, Saklain Al Mamun, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Suranjit Paul

Topic(s): Climate Change, COVID-19, Economic Development, Governance and Politics

Child Labor: Action-Research-Innovation in Southern and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA)

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Lopita Huq, Maheen Sultan, Kabita Chowdhury, Saklain Al Mamun, Taslima Aktar

Topic(s): Social Transformation

Gender Price of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan, Saklain Al Mamun, Lopita Huq, Kabita Chowdhury

Topic(s): Gender Justice, Social Transformation

Safe Road for Women and Girls: Lesson Learnt From an Intervention of BRAC

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan, Saklain Al Mamun, Taslima Aktar, Kabita Chowdhury

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Gender Justice, Social Transformation

New Forms of Adolescent Voice and Agency Through the Use of Mobile Phones and ICT

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan, Lopita Huq, Pragyna Mahpara, Taslima Aktar, Saklain Al Mamun, Kabita Chowdhury

Topic(s): Digitization, Gender Justice, Social Transformation

Strengthening Knowledge-Driven Development in South Asia

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Kabita Chowdhury, Pragyna Mahpara, Muhammad Ziaur Rahman

Topic(s): Gender Justice, Social Transformation

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