Dr. Mumita Tanjeela

Dr. Mumita Tanjeela is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at East West University, Bangladesh. Her academic work focuses primarily on gender and environment, with particular emphasis on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. She served as Chairperson of the department from 2018 to 2022. Dr. Tanjeela obtained her PhD from Griffith University, Australia, in 2016. Her doctoral research examined women’s resilience and climate change adaptation in Bangladesh. She holds an MSc in Gender and Development Studies from the Asian Institute of Technology and completed both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Sociology at the University of Dhaka. Prior to her academic career, she worked with the Department of Women Affairs under the Government of Bangladesh, where she was involved in project formulation, programme implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, particularly in areas related to preventing violence against women, gender-responsive disaster risk…