About Me
Nabila Binth Jahan is a dedicated qualitative researcher currently working as a Senior Research Assistant at ARK Foundation since September 2022. She is involved in various projects, including the Community-led Responsive and Effective Urban Health Systems (CHORUS) initiative, which focuses on strengthening urban health systems in terms of non-communicable disease (NCD) care in urban areas. She has additionally been involved in Project Crucible, a program focusing on STEAM education to improve the health well-being of urban slum children. She is highly skilled in systematic and scoping reviews, qualitative research methods, data collection, and qualitative data analysis using NVivo. Her expertise extends to writing academic journals and reports, showcasing her ability to communicate complex research findings effectively. Additionally, she has collaborated with ministries such as the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Cooperatives (MoLGRDC), the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME) and Ministry of Education (MoE) for collaborative projects. Before her current role at ARK Foundation, she worked as a Programme Officer at the Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), where she focused on addressing critical issues such as child labor, the RMG sector, and gender-based violence. She holds both a graduate and a postgraduate degree in Development Studies from Khulna University.
The scope of her research encompasses urban health, child health, gender and intersexuality, waste management, and climate change, all with the overarching goal of contributing to a more sustainable world.