Taslima Monsoor, Law
Faculty

Taslima Monsoor, L.L.M., Ph.D.

AUSN Visiting Professor of Law

Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

President, Bangladesh Bioethics Society
Former Fulbright Scholar, Penn State University, USA,

Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Fellow in Law, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

Featured AUSN Video lectures (Youtube links)

International Humanitarian Law

Empowerment of Women: A Perspective from Bangladesh 

Education

Ph.D. in Law, School of Oriental and African studies (SOAS), University of London, UK (1987)

LL.M. (First Class), Law Department, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1984)

LL.B. (First Class), Law Department, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1982)

 

Academic Appointments

Publications include:

1. Monsoor, Taslima: Financial support for women under Islamic family law in Bangladesh and Malaysia. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2015.
2. Monsoor, Taslima: Child Domestic Workers in Barisal: Need Analysis. Published in the Journal of the Dhaka University Law Journal, Vol. 25 No. 1, June 2015.

3. Monsoor, Taslima: Impact of Gender on Custody, Guardianship and Adoption: A Comparative Study of Bangladesh and Malaysia. To be published in the Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law. Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.
4. Monsoor Taslima: Empowerment of Women and Development of Muslim Family Law in Bangladesh. Published in the Dhaka University Law Journal, Vol. 25 No. 1, December 2014.

5. Monsoor, Taslima: Maintenance to Muslim Women in Bangladesh and Malaysia: Is the Judiciary Doing Enough? Published in The Dhaka University Law Journal, Vol. 21 No. 2, December 2010.
6. Gender Equity: Islamic Family Law and Women a research from Malaysia and Bangladesh. A book published by British Council under EWLR (Empowerment of women in the legal regime) a Higher Education Link programme of Law Dept. Dhaka University and Law Dept. SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies University of London), Dhaka Oct. 2009.

7. “Management of gender Relations: Violence Against Women and Criminal Justice System in Bangladesh’. A book published by British Council under EWLR (Empowerment of women in the legal regime) a Higher Education Link programme of Law Dept. Dhaka University and Law Dept SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies University of London), Dhaka Dec. 2008.
8. Gender Equity and Economic Empowerment: Family Law and Women in Bangladesh. A book published by British Council under EWLR (Empowerment of women in the legal regime) a Higher Education Link programme of Law Dept Dhaka University and Law Dept SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies University of London), Dhaka March 2008.
9. Judiciary & Gender on Trial. A book published by British Council and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dhaka May 2005.

10. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ON TEST: A STUDY OF ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW AND WOMEN. IN THE DHAKA UNIVERSITY STUDIES, PART- F, VOL. 1 NO. 1, JUNE 2004.

11. Gender and the Constitution. Published in JATI (Judicial Administration Training Institute) Journal Vol. III 2004.
12. Mahr/Dower the Weapon for Empowerment of Muslim Women. Published in The Chittagong University Journal of Law, Vol. V, 2003.
13. DOWRY PROBLEM IN BANGLADESH: LEGAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES. PUBLISHED IN THE DHAKA UNIVERSITY STUDIES, PART- F, VOL. 1 NO. 1, JUNE 2003.
14. General Law and Family Law relating to HIV/AIDS: A Bangladeshi perspective. Published in The Dhaka University Studies, part- F, Vol. 1 No. 1, June 2002.
15. Gender in Law: Five decades of struggle for empowerment. Published in The Dhaka University Studies, part- F, Vol. 10 No.2, June 2001.
16. Gender equity and economic transformation of women by the enforcement of Family Law in Bangladesh: A socio-legal perspectives. Published in the BILIA’S Journal of Law, vol.1 No.2, JUNE 2000.
17. Judicial decisions in the light of women’s rights. Published in The Dhaka University Studies, part- F, Vol. 10 No.1, June 2000.

18. From patriarchy to gender equity: Family Law and its impact on women in Bangladesh (Ph.D Thesis, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) a book published by the University Press Limited (UPL) Dhaka, 1999.
19. FAMILY COURTS AND WOMEN: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES an article published in the book on Gender in Law, edited by Dr. Maimul Ahsan Khan & Tahmina Ahmad, Dhaka 1998.
20. Prevention of child marriages by the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929: legal implications and social reality- Paper presented in the Workshop of BLAST (Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust), July 1998. Published in the Law Journal of Rajshahi University, 1998, pp.87-108.
21. In search for security and poverty alleviation: Women’s inheritable entitlements to land, the untapped resources- Paper presented in the Workshop of ENBS (European Network of Bangladesh Studies), University of Bath, UK, April 1998. Published in the Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 4, No. 2, July-December 1998, pp.42-57.

22. Muslim Women’s right to maintenance: The legal connotations a paper presented in the Workshop of BLAST(Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust) 1996. To be published in The Dhaka University Studies, part- F, Vol. 9. No.1, June 1998.
23. Women’s Rights under Muslim Family Law with particular reference to custody and guardianship published in The Dhaka University Studies, part- F, Vol. 8 No.1, June 1997.
24. Women and Development of Family Law: A step towards right direction? Paper presented in the International workshop of ENBS (European Network of Bangladesh Studies) Ziest (the Netherlands) Aug 25th-27th 1994. Published in the BILIA’S Journal of Law, Vol.1 No.2, Dec 1997
25. Rights of Bangladeshi Women in International and Municipal Law published in The Dhaka University Studies, Part- F, Vol. 6 No.1, June 1995.
26. Disadvantaged children of the third world and human rights in Human Rights in the Third World, Dhaka 1992.

27. The Convention on the rights of the child: Prospects for international enforcement in The Dhaka University Studies, part- F, Vol. iii. No. 1, June 1992.
28. Supremacy of the Constitution in The Dhaka University Studies, part- F, Vol. ii. No.1, June 1991.
29. Narir Sampattir Odhikar in Women’s right to property published by Bangladesh Jatiya Mahila Ain-jibi Samity’s booklet Nari o Ain.
30. Report on Bangladesh cases and materials on Warsaw Convention.