Rashid, Assoc. Prof. Tahmina
Associate Professor, International Studies
Faculty of Arts & Design
Bldg, Floor & Room: 20, C7
Telephone: (02) 6201 2273
Tahmina.Rashid@canberra.edu.au
Biography
Tahmina Rashid is an Associate Professor in International Studies, at the University of Canberra, Australia. She has a PhD and a Masters’ (Research) degree in Gender and Politics from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked as Program Director International Development, RMIT, and Assistant Professor in Pakistan. She was a Fulbright scholar in 1996 and was also awarded Asia Fellow Award, Ford Foundation in 2004-05 to work in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is a gender & development consultant & field researcher with a keen interest in South Asian region. Her academic interests include feminist movements in South Asia; urban/rural poverty; migration & identity; development & human rights; community sustainability & empowerment and microcredit. She is the author of Contested Representations: Punjabi Women in Feminist Debates in Pakistan, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Areas of Teaching
- Gender & Development
- Development Research
- Human Rights
- Human Trafficking
- Theories of Development
- Ethics of Intervention
Research Interests
- Gender & Development Studies
- Feminism
- Poverty & Microcredit
- Migration & Identity
- Radical Islam
- Peace & Conflicts
- South Asian Culture & Politics
Qualifications Obtained
- PhD: University of Melbourne. Australia
- MA: University of Melbourne. Australia
- MA: University of the Punjab, Lahore. Pakistan
- Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching & Learning, RMIT
ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7731-4628
Recent Publications
- Rashid, T., (2017), TTP Magazine: More Fiction than Fact https://tribune.com.pk/story/1507588/ttp-magazine-fiction-fact/
- Rashid, T., (2016) Women at Risk: Militancy in Pakistan, in Kalia, Ravi, (Ed.), Pakistan's Political Labyrinths: Military, Society and Terror, New York: Routledge. PP. 155-173. (ISBN 978-1138926554)
- Rashid, T.; Kalia, R.(2016), Self-made radicals: Living and loathing among ‘unbelievers, http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/self-made-radicals-living-and-loathing-among-unbelievers/story-tGrMKuZRQoDCxMLqaSCjeN.html
- Rashid, T. & Chauhan, K., (2015), Violence Against Women (VAW) In Azad Jammu& Kashmir (AJK): Explorations in the Role of Police department, OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 8, No. 11, Pp. 43-56
- Rashid, T., (2015), Theatre for Community Development: Street Theatre as an Agent of Change in Punjab (Pakistan) India Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 4, Pp. 1–13. DOI: 10.1177/0974928415602604
- Rashid, T., (2015), Polio immunisation campaigns face a challenge in Pakistan. http://www.policyforum.net/going-viral/
- Rashid, T. & Makuwira, J., (2014), Global financial crisis and women's micro-lending innovations in Pakistan and Malawi, Development in Practice, Vol. 24, No. 1, Pp. 35 – 50. DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.867927
- Rashid, T., (2012) Grameen and the Politics of Development in Bangladesh, India Quarterly, 68 (3), Pp. 215-230.
- Rashid, T.; Flanagan, Jason, Eds. (2011) International Development: Linking academia with Development Aid & Effectiveness, Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
- Rashid, T., (2011) Australia's War On Terrorism: Impact on Australian Muslim Communities, In Babacan, Alperhan; Tahiri, Hussein, Counter Terrorism and Social Cohesion (PP. 61-80 ). Newcastle (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Rashid, T., (2011) Why It Matters: Role of Academia in Development and Aid Effectiveness, In Rashid, T.; Flanagan, Jason, (Eds.) International Development: Linking academia with Development Aid & Effectiveness (Pp. 1-12 ). Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
- Rashid, T., (2011) Learning by Doing: Stories from the 'sites of development', In Rashid, T.; Flanagan, Jason, (Eds.) International Development: Linking academia with Development Aid & Effectiveness (Pp. 112-135.). Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
- Rashid, T., (2011) Negotiating Rights through Transnational puritan networks: Religious discourses; cyber technology and Pakistani women, In Ahmad, Ishtiaq, The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia. (Pp. 242-260) Singapore: Routledge.
- Rashid, T., (2011) Radicalisation of civil society: A Case study of Pakistan, New Delhi, in Pattanaik, Smruti S. South Asia: Envisioning a Regional Future. (PP. 149-168 ). New Delhi: Pentagon Security International.
- Rashid, T., (2011) Empowerment and subordination of Pakistani women through Patriarchy; Elitism; Class & Gender Discourses, in Kalia, Ravi, (Ed.), Pakistan: From the Rhetoric of Democracy to the Rise of Militancy (PP. 85-104 ). New Delhi: Routledge.
- Rashid, T., (2010) Migration and Belonging: Brown Muslim Women’s Experience in Australia, in Singh, Supriya, & Babacan, Alperhan, Migration, Belonging and the Nation State. (Pp. 105-13), Newcastle (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Rashid, T., (2006) Contested Representation: Punjabi Women in Feminist Debates in Pakistan, Karachi: Oxford University Press.
Grants
- UNESCO Consultancy, $19,944 (2016)
- UNESCO Consultancy, $33,996 (2016)
- QU Research Grant, US $45,000 (2014)
- QU Research Grant, US $15000 (2013)
- UN Women – National Action Plan for the implementation of 1325, $32,000 (2011-12)
- UC, Research Grant, $62,500 (2010-2012)
- RMIT, Research & Professional Development Grants, $11,000 (2007-2009)
- Panelist for shortlisting candidates (2016, 2017) Australia Awards in Asia
- Interview Panelist South/West Asia (2015) Australia Awards in Asia
- Interview Panelist Southern Africa (2012-15) Australia Awards in Africa
- Research Grant, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, Australia (2001)
- Asian Field Work Grant, Asian Development Bank (2001)
Awards
- Asia Fellow Award, Ford Foundation, USA (2004-2005)
- Melbourne Research Scholarship, The University of Melbourne, Australia (1998-2003)
- Fulbright Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, USA (1996)
- Merit Certificate, Academic Achievement, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (1987)
- Best Thesis Award, Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (1985)
- Roll of Honour, Academic achievement award, Government College for Women, Faisalabad, Pakistan (1982)
- Academic Achievement Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan (1973-1984)
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