Mahbuba Nasreen

Mahbuba Nasreen is Director and Professor of the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Gender disaster nexus: Toward an intersectionality approach

Bangladesh is highly susceptible to natural and human-induced disasters due to its geophysical location, land characteristics, and anthropogenic causes.

9m ago

Disaster response requires an all-inclusive approach

Addressing the differential impacts of disasters on intersectional categories requires pragmatic and effective policies with implementation strategies.

1y ago

Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive

South Asian countries are highly susceptible to natural and human induced disasters due to its geophysical location, land characteristics and other factors. 

2y ago

Climate Diplomacy and John Kerry’s Bangladesh visit

During his recent visit to Bangladesh, John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, handed over an invitation letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to participate in the forthcoming virtual Leaders’ Summit on Climate.

3y ago

Fifty years of disaster risk governance in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has been facing the challenges of disasters due to natural or anthropogenic causes for decades. Prior to independence, this part of land was recognised only as a poor and disaster-prone one.

3y ago

Disaster preparedness: A shift in paradigm

Since the late-20th-century, a shift in paradigm has happened in the intellectual arena of architecture, art, literature, philosophy, history, economics, fiction, etc. It happened mostly in the industrialised countries and emerged as Postmodernism, a critique of “modernism”.

6y ago
February 28, 2024
February 28, 2024

Gender disaster nexus: Toward an intersectionality approach

Bangladesh is highly susceptible to natural and human-induced disasters due to its geophysical location, land characteristics, and anthropogenic causes.

October 13, 2023
October 13, 2023

Disaster response requires an all-inclusive approach

Addressing the differential impacts of disasters on intersectional categories requires pragmatic and effective policies with implementation strategies.

March 8, 2022
March 8, 2022

Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive

South Asian countries are highly susceptible to natural and human induced disasters due to its geophysical location, land characteristics and other factors. 

April 16, 2021
April 16, 2021

Climate Diplomacy and John Kerry’s Bangladesh visit

During his recent visit to Bangladesh, John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, handed over an invitation letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to participate in the forthcoming virtual Leaders’ Summit on Climate.

March 26, 2021
March 26, 2021

Fifty years of disaster risk governance in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has been facing the challenges of disasters due to natural or anthropogenic causes for decades. Prior to independence, this part of land was recognised only as a poor and disaster-prone one.

October 13, 2018
October 13, 2018

Disaster preparedness: A shift in paradigm

Since the late-20th-century, a shift in paradigm has happened in the intellectual arena of architecture, art, literature, philosophy, history, economics, fiction, etc. It happened mostly in the industrialised countries and emerged as Postmodernism, a critique of “modernism”.