MUSHFIKA LAIJU

Mushfika Laiju is a Gender Expert at Association for Community Empowerment (ACE). She is an esteemed advocate of women’s rights and gender equity in Bangladesh. She has devoted her life to supporting disadvantaged women and working for gender equity.

She is a Fellow of the Tarun Lekhoke Prokolpo Bangla Academy, the Co-Convenor of the National Human Rights Defenders Network, Vice-President of 71 Foundations, a member of the National Gender Working Group, and she has engaged herself in numerous forums like the SRMGI Global Forum and the GBV Sub Cluster. Her work is a great illustration of how one individual can have an impact on many people’s lives.

Mushfika has a distinguished and lengthy career in the South Asian region as an ardent supporter of gender equity and the defense of women’s rights. She served as Action Against Hunger’s South Asian Region Coordinator for Gender-Based Violence from February to October 2018. She also serves as the Editor of Women Window and as the Managing Editor of WomensWindows.com at the moment. She continues to make significant contributions to the progress of gender equality and the defense of women’s rights in Bangladesh through her commitment and experience. 

She graduated from the University of Dhaka with a Master of Arts in Bangla Literature and a Bachelor of Arts in Bangla Literature, and she also possesses a Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from the Bangladesh Institute of Management. Additionally, she recently completed training in child protection and child safety.