Bina D'Costa

Summary

Bina D'Costa is an Australian-Bangladeshi academic who specializes in conflict and gender studies in South Asia.[1][2][3][4]

Career edit

D'Costa was at the Global Justice Center in New York City in 2008.[5] D'Costa was a professor of International Relations at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs of the Australian National University. She was a visiting scholar at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva from 2012 to 2014.[6] She was a visiting scholar at the Refugee Studies Centre under Department of International Development of University of Oxford from 2011 to 2012. She served as the Asia Rapporteur of Asia-Europe Meeting in 2017.[5] She is a member of the Dristhipat Writers' Collective.[7]

Publications and research edit

In her 2011 book Nation Building, Gender, and War Crimes in South Asia, D'Costa wrote about the murder of Bihari citizens during the Bangladesh Liberation war.[8] The Daily Star described her book as a "mammoth task"; she provided a gendered analysis of conflict in South Asia.[9] She has also carried out research on Birangona, rape victims of the Bangladesh Liberation war.[10] She also tracked down Australian doctor Geoffrey Davis, who carried abortions for rape victims after the war ended.[11]

D'Costa has written on how Rohingya people have been excluded and marginalized by the government of Myanmar.[12]

Published works edit

  • Gender and Global Politics in the Asia-Pacific (2010)[6]
  • Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia (2011)[6]
  • Children and Global Conflict (2015)[6]
  • Children and Violence: The Politics of Conflict in South Asia (2016)[6]
  • Cascades of Violence: War, Crime and Peacebuilding Across South Asia (2018)[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Maini-Thompson, Sapan. "'They all became animals': My grandfather remembers the trauma and violence of India's Partition". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  2. ^ Islam, Kajalie Shehreen (2018-12-16). "The discursive silence of women in 1971". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  3. ^ Perveen, Rakhshinda (2017-12-03). "The forgotten Biharis". Daily Times (Op-ed). Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  4. ^ D'Costa, Bina (2019-12-15). "A pathway to justice through jurisdiction?". The Daily Star (Opinion). Archived from the original on 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  5. ^ a b Director (Research Services Division). "Professor Bina D'Costa". researchers.anu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Bina D'Costa". unicef-irc.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Bina D'Costa". bdnews24.com (Opinion). 2010-12-15. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Mir Aftabuddin (2019-10-29). "Stranded, unwanted, and persecuted". Dhaka Tribune (Opinion). Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  9. ^ Murthy, Laxmi (2017-03-26). "The Birangana and the birth of Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  10. ^ Roy, Mallarika Sinha. "The Women of 1971, on Either Side of the Bengal Border". The Wire. Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  11. ^ D'Costa, Bina (2010-12-15). "1971: Rape and its consequences". bdnews24.com (Opinion).
  12. ^ D'Costa, Bina (August 2012). "Rohingyas and the 'Right to Have Rights'". Forum. The Daily Star.