Siddikur Rahman
Role: Women’s Economic Justice Advocacy Advisor – Asia
Profile:
I joined CARE in January 2021. Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, I have been providing advocacy support to the countries of Asia and to Ethiopia in their operations on Women’s Economic Justice and CARE’s Made by Women strategy. My specific areas of responsibility are the ratification of the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, C190; women’s financial inclusion; market development; and value chains. I am collaborating with the regional and global advocacy teams on CARE’s engagement with the Commission on the Status of Women and Generation Equality Forum.
I have 19 years of management and technical leadership in the areas of Labour Rights, TVET & Youth Empowerment, social protection, Responsible Business Conduct, Occupational Safety and Health, Child Labour and Education in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Tanzania, and Uganda. My areas of interest are advocacy, research, programme development and resource mobilisation.
Two books I would strongly recommend everybody to go through are ‘Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty’ and ‘Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism’.
Email: Siddikur.rahman@care.org
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