Farzana Islam

Biographic Data

ID3697131
NAMEFarzana Islam
GIVEN NAMESFarzana
FAMILY NAMEIslam
SIGNATUREISLAM F
AFFILIATIONSJahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ORCID0000-0001-7317-5889
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS58
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX4

  • Risk of congenital birth defects during Covid-19 pandemic: Draw attention to the physicians and policymakers

    Open AccessSakirul Khan, Md Sakirul Islam Khan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020

    SARS-CoV-2 infection during conception or early pregnancy may have increased risk to develop neurodevelopmental defects in the developing fetus

  • Women's empowerment revisited: A case study from Bangladesh

    Sidney Ruth Schuler, Farzana Islam et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2010Cited by: 9References: 6

    This article explores the changing dimensions of women's empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of women's empowerment, and describes findings from a recent study in the villages exploring the current salience of indicators developed for a 1992 survey. In the article we discuss the types of social, econ…

  • Women's Rights, Domestic Violence, and Recourse Seeking in Rural Bangladesh

    Open AccessSidney Ruth Schuler, Lisa M Bates et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2008Cited by: 12References: 5

    This article seeks to deepen understanding of the reasons that abused women in a resource-poor rural setting seek recourse so seldom and with so little success. Data from in-depth interviews and group discussions are used to explore the range of responses to domestic violence and to examine barriers to recourse seeking. Findings illustrate how the combination of poverty and gender inequality, inequities in the legal framework, and patriarchal att…

  • Women's Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence within Marriage in Rural Bangladesh

    Open AccessSidney Ruth Schuler, Farzana IslamARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2008Cited by: 15References: 14

    Violence against women perpetrated by husbands and male partners occurs worldwide, and an increasing number of surveys indicate that it is widely condoned. This article presents findings from a 2002 survey conducted in six rural villages in Bangladesh suggesting that an extremely high proportion of women believe that husbands’ use of violence against their wives is acceptable. To investigate the reliability and the psychosocial underpinnings of t…

  • The timing of marriage and childbearing among rural families in Bangladesh: Choosing between competing risks

    Open AccessSidney Ruth Schuler, Lisa M Bates et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2006Cited by: 22References: 17

  • Socioeconomic Factors and Processes Associated With Domestic Violence in Rural Bangladesh

    Lisa M Bates, Sidney Ruth Schuler et al.ARTICLEInternational Family Planning…2004

    CONTEXT: Although the pervasiveness of domestic violence against women in Bangladesh is well documented, specific risk factors, particularly those that can be affected by policies and programs, are not well understood. METHODS: In 2001-2002, surveys, in-depth interviews and small group discussions were conducted with married women from six Bangladeshi villages to examine the types and severity of domestic violence, and to explore the pathways thr…