Rahima Akter

About Me

I am Rahima Akter, a current PhD candidate at the CQUniversity, Melbourne campus. My research area is the well-being of the women workers in the Ready-made garments industry in Bangladesh.

General

Universities Studied At

CQUniversity, Australia, Melbourne campus

The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

The University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Universities Worked At

CQUniversity, Australia, Melbourne campus

Awards

Awarded in the prestigious Australian Development Scholarship as an outstanding and top Australia Awards Scholar (2012-13),
Selected as one of the best successful Women fighting against disadvantaged society by the Bangladesh Government in 2014.

Professional Experience

I have been working in a government trade promotion agency, namely Export Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Commerce in Bangladesh for the last 12 years as the Assistant Director (Research). My major responsibilities were -

· Conducting research on international trade and Bangladesh export market and product issues;

· Conducting training for new exporters;

· Organizing seminars/workshops for Bangladeshi exporters and buyers from different countries;

· Making presentations to large foreign business and diplomatic delegations;

· Formulating project proposals and liaison with international and regional trade organizations;

· Inspecting different manufacturing units of Bangladeshi exportable regularly; etc.