Rabeena Sultana Ananna is a Research Associate under the Governance and Politics cluster at BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University.
Prior to this, she was a Trainee Research Associate under the qualitative stream of the Young Researchers Fellowship (YRF) program. Her last appointment was with the BRAC JPG School of Public Health for collecting data from child labourers engaged in waste management in Dhaka city. Rabeena completed her BSS in Anthropology from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST).
Date: 2026
Author(s): Hassan, Dr. Mirza M.; Ahsan, Inteemum; Ananna, Rabeena Sultana; Antara, Iffat Jahan; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Nazneen, Dr. Sohela; Proma, Aishwarya Sanjukta Roy; Rahman, Sadiur; Shahan, Dr. Asif; and Sultan, Maheen
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2025
Author(s): Khan, Mushtaq; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Hossain, Faruq; Ananna, Rabeena Sultana
Publisher: ACE SOAS Consortium
Date: 2024
Author(s): Haque, Md. Ashraful; Ananna, Rabeena Sultana; Hasan, Nayeem; Akta, Mst. Farhana; Zakaria, A.F.M.
Publisher: PLOS One
Date: 2024
Author(s): Nazneen, Sohela; Ahamed, Raihan; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Joshi, Anuradha; Loureiro, Miguel; Nampoothiri, Niranjan J.; Nur, Jahid; Sharmila, Nowshin; Ananna, Rabeena; Zaman, Shahaduz
Publisher: Institute of Development Studies
Year: 2026
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Governance and Politics
Year: 2025
Topic(s): COVID-19, Governance and Politics, Social Transformation
Year: 2025
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Social Transformation
Year: 2024
The July Revolution of 2024 sparked unprecedented hopes for women’s political participation, yet national politics remains male-dominated and exclusionary. DUCSU elections, with 62 female candidates, reveal how women thrive when barriers of money and muscle are removed. Without deep reforms in party culture, financing, and safety, Bangladesh’s democratic revolution risks remaining an unfinished promise.
Caught in the clash between the need to know and the reluctance to discuss it, there is a complex interplay of awareness and taboos surrounding menstrual knowledge among unmarried adult men in Bangladesh.
In a world driven by monetary transactions and material pursuits, there are individuals who willingly dedicate their time, skills, and energy to non-paid work. But, what motivates these volunteers to engage in unpaid work, when the pressures of earning a living and fulfilling personal needs loom large?
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan, Syeda Salina Aziz, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Masafi Mustafa Haider
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Gender and Social Development
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Asif Shahan, PhD, Md. Kamruzzaman, Saklain Al Mamun, Raihan Ahamed, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Inteemum Ahsan, Suranjit Paul, Md. Ashikur Rahman
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Raihan Ahamed, Kabita Chowdhury, Taslima Aktar, Saklain Al Mamun, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Suranjit Paul
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Climate Change, COVID-19, Economic Development
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Rabeena Sultana Ananna
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Social Transformation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Raihan Ahamed, Jahid Nur, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Shahaduz Zaman, PhD
Topic(s): COVID-19
