Invited Talks

“Women’s Activism in Bangladesh,” Ireland India Institute, Dublin City University, Ireland (12 March 2022)
“ ‘We Don’t Want 1 GB Internet for Tk. 8. We Want Safe Roads’: Challenging the Autocratic State in Neoliberal Times,” Bangladesh at 50: Beyond Rhetoric (virtual), South Asia Forum, Queen Mary University of London (11 December 2021)
Discussion of the Report “Governing COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Realities and Reflections to Build Forward Better,” The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, University of California – Berkeley, USA (October 12, 2021)
“Tackling Gender-Based Violence in the Digital World,” EMK Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh (December 6, 2020)
“The Labor of Fashion, the Global COVID-19 Crisis, and the Politics of Resistance in Bangladesh,” The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (12 June 2020)
“Garment Labor Organizing: A Contested Territory,” Organizing and Resistance across Borders: Bangladeshi Garment Workers’ Experiences, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA (21 September 2018)

Other Invited Talks (Recordings available)

“Iran and Women’s Rights,” Durdeshe Bangla, Melbourne, Australia (17 November 2022)

“Domestic Abuse is NOT Okay”, Durdeshe Bangla, Melbourne, Australia (17 August 2022)

“The Killing of Munia: The Chronology of Events and Lack of Rule of Law” [মুনিয়া হত্যাঃ ঘটনাপ্রবাহ ও বিচারহীনতা], Justice for Munia, Bangladesh (8 August 2022)

“From Triangle to Rana Plaza: Workers’ Movement in the Age of Globalization,” Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity, Bangladesh (21 April 2022)

“What Feminism has Achieved for Women in Bangladesh? What’s Next? [বাংলাদেশে নারীবাদ নারীর কী কাজে এলো? এরপর কী?,” Ogniejatra, Ognie Foundation, Bangladesh (12 March 2022)

“Automation and Women Workers of the RMG Sector in Bangladesh,” Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity, Bangladesh (7 March 2022)

“Experience as a University of Dhaka alumnus and thoughts on the current status of the University of Dhaka,” La fenêtre de Paris [Paris-er Janala], France (15 October 2021)

“COVID-19 and the Effect on Immigrant Women’s Labor,” Saheli – A Boston-based nonprofit organization working with South Asian Communities, Boston, USA (March 24, 2021)

“Orange the World: Raise Money to End Violence against Women and Girls – Can the Revolution be Funded,” Pragroshor – A feminist training, research, and resource center in Bangladesh (4 December 2020)

“Gender Sensitivity: Online Live Workshop,” Gen Lab and U.S. Department of State, Bangladesh (28 August 2020)