Gitiara Nasreen Explained

Gitiara Nasreen is a professor of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka.[1] [2] [3]

Early life

Nasreen completed her PhD at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in political science and government from 1991 to 1998.[4]

Career

Nasreen wrote Bangladesher Cholochitro Shilpo Sangkote Jonnosongshkriti on cinema of Bangladesh with Fahmidul Haque, which was published in 2008.[5] She has said women in media are marginalized and stereotyped.[6]

In 2013, Nasreen spoke against the Rampal Powerplant due to possible environmental damage to the Sundarban.[7] In 2014, she was a Fulbright scholar at Howard University. She was one of 11 people who sent a legal notice for the revoke Section-57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006.[8]

Nasreen has been critical of media coverage of terror attacks, saying “We always see that in terrorist attacks, if the attacker is Non Muslim, the media do not focus on religious identity [but] rather describe the attacker as mentally ill or insane,”.[9] She participated in protests calling for the return of Mubashar Hasan, a North South University faculty who was a victim of enforced disappearance and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[10] [11] In July 2018, she condemned attacks by Bangladesh Chhatra League on quota reform activists of the University of Dhaka.[12] She condemned a death threat issued by extremists to Sultana Kamal, Muntassir Mamoon, and Shahriar Kabir.[13] She called on the election commission to be neutral ahead of the 2018 general election.[14] She called for the release of students detained for participating in the safe road protests.[15]

Nasreen has written and spoken against sexual harassments on campus in Bangladesh.[16] [17] She called for a fair investigation into the death of 15 year old Preeti Urang, maid of Syed Ashfaqul Haque, executive editor of The Daily Star.[18] She called on the media to be more gender sensitive.[19] In 2021, as part of the University Teachers' Network, Nasreen called for "vindictive" measures taken against academics Mahbubul Haque Bhuiyan and Kazi Anis by Comilla University to be revoked.[20] She was a jury of Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2023.[21] She called on the people of Bangladesh to reject the 7 January 2024 election as part of the University Teachers' Network, Bangladesh.[22]

After the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government was overthrown, Nasreen laid out some reform proposals as part of the Bangladesh University Teachers' Network.[23] She was appointed member of a newly created Media Reform Commission under Kamal Ahmed.[24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Gitiara Nasreen Dhaka University Profile . 2024-11-18 . www.du.ac.bd . en.
  2. Web site: Tithi . Naznin . 2024-08-20 . 'Any vice-chancellor or teacher is expected to stand by students' . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  3. Web site: Come Freedom, Come Responsibility . 2024-11-18 . archive.thedailystar.net.
  4. Web site: Gitiara Nasreen . 18 November 2024 . LinkedIn.
  5. Web site: 2008-05-03 . The rise and steady decline of our cinema . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. Web site: Islam . Kajalie Shehreen . 9 March 2007 . Women in a Make-Believe World . 2024-11-18 . Star Weekend Magazine.
  7. Web site: 2013-09-28 . Bangladesh cannot survive without the Sundarbans . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. Web site: 2015-08-28 . Legal notice for scrapping section 57 . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. Web site: Molla . Mohammad Al-Masum . 2019-03-19 . Terror attacks by non-Muslims get less media coverage . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. Web site: 2017-11-12 . Four days on, no trace of Mubashar . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  11. Web site: 2017-11-13 . PM, please intervene . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  12. Web site: 2018-07-20 . BCL actions outrageous . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  13. Web site: 2019-05-07 . Noted citizens concerned over death threats to 3 dignitaries . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  14. Web site: 2018-12-23 . Make sure the admin is neutral . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  15. Web site: 2018-08-17 . Road Safety Protest: Bail still eludes 22 students . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  16. Web site: Nasreen . Gitiara . 2024-03-22 . We want harassment-free campuses . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  17. Web site: Tasneem . Shuprova . 2022-12-05 . ‘University campuses are still mainly male-dominated spaces’ . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  18. Web site: 2024-04-03 . Preeti’s death: 117 citizens call for fair probe . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  19. Web site: 2023-04-18 . ‘Media should be more gender-sensitive’ . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  20. Web site: 2021-07-02 . Repeal ‘vindictive’ actions against two CoU teachers . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  21. Web site: Nahian . Shahbaz . 2023-06-19 . Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2023 exhibition ends . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  22. Web site: 2024-01-05 . Reject 7 Jan election, University Teachers’ Network to people . 2024-11-18 . Prothomalo . en.
  23. Web site: 2024-08-05 . Teachers lay out 5-point outline for interim govt . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  24. Web site: 2024-11-18 . Govt forms 11-member media reform commission . 2024-11-18 . The Daily Star . en.

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