Dr. Tania Haque is Professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka. She graduated in Public Administration from Dhaka University. She also obtained her first MA degree in Public Administration from the same University. She was nominated by the Department, under a Dutch fellowship to study at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at The Hague from where she received her second Master’s degree. She has completed her MA in Development Studies (specialization in Women, Gender and Development) at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. Her research work for Masters Programme focused on the redistribution of work in the family. She served as the Chair of the Department of Women and Gender Studies, from April 2012 to April 2015. She has achieved her PhD degree from University of Dhaka. The title of her thesis was Unpaid Care Work; Recognition or Redistribution”. She has several publications to her credit. Her areas of interest include Care economy, Violence against women, Feminization of Poverty and Empowerment. Dr. Tania has been nominated as a member of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) secretariat for the term 2015-2018
Research Interests : Empowerment, Unpaid care work, Gender based violence, Gender and Development.