Fatema Sarker

Biography

Fatema Sarker holds a B.Sc. in Agribusiness Management and an M.Sc. in Development and Poverty Studies from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh. She has worked as a lecturer at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University on several projects on women empowerment and entrepreneurship from the National Science and Technology (NST) and the University Grand Commission Research funds. Her Ph.D. is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

She is co-founder of the Saleha Foundation, a philanthropic organization focusing on distressed women and children.

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PhD Research Project: Gender Dynamics and Human Nutrition in Livestock Production Systems

While gender aspects of livestock production are increasingly getting attention, little is known on how women in livestock rearing households can be empowered and how this affects the nutrition of the household.

Focusing on Bangladesh, the research investigates linkages between female livestock ownership, women’s empowerment, and household nutrition, aiming to derive lessons for development interventions.

Selected publications