Speakers

#BNYCFP2022 Speakers

Guests And Dignitaries

Mr. M.A. Mannan, MP

Honorable Minister, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh.

Ms. Shahan Ara Banu, NDC

Director General (Grade-1) , Directorate General of Family Planning , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Mr. S M Shaikat

Secretary General of BNYCFP2021, Executive Director, SERAC-Bangladesh

Ms. Nabeeha Kazi Hutchins

President and CEO, Population Action International

Dr. Halida Hanum Akhter

Senior Associate, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Mr. Manoj Pramanik

Actor and Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

Ms. Kristine Blokhus

Country Representative, UNFPA Bangladesh

Prof. Ferdousi Begum

President Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Bangladesh (OGSB)

Mosa: Anika

Volunteer Peer Leader, Shahid Shamsunnessa Arjumoni Ma o Shishu Kollyan Kendro

Dr. Ubaidur Rob

Senior Associate and Country Director, Population Council Bangladesh

Mr. Kishwar Imdad

Country Director, Marie Stopes Bangladesh

Ms. Iliza Azyei

Unit Chief, Adolescent, and Youth, UNFPA Bangladesh

Dr. Md. Mahmudur Rahman

Director (MCH Services) & Line Director (MCRAH), MCH Unit, Directorate General of Family Planning

Dr. Nurun Nahar Begum

Line Director, Clinical Contraception Services Delivery Program Unit, Directorate General of Family Planning

Mr. Robin Miah

RobeVolunteer Peer Leader, Ma o Shishu Kollyan Kendro, Sadar-Mymensinghrt Gates

Plenary Speakers

Ms.Tasnia Ahmed

Program Manager, SERAC-Bangladesh

Robert Gates

Ms.Tasnia Ahmed

Program Manager, SERAC-Bangladesh

Tasnia Ahmed is working at SERAC Bangladesh as a Program Manager. She is the team lead of SERAC-Shukhi Jibon project focusing on establishing a replicable model of adolescent friendly health service facility by transforming 20 AFHCs as local youth hubs through recruitment and capacity building of youth volunteer peer educators to improve quality of services and increase demand of the centers. Beside this, she led projects with AmplifyChange, Plan-International, Rutgers, IPPF, UNFPA, PAI, Dance4Life and ShareNet International.

She educated 5000 youth on youth leadership and collected endorsements from 27 Parliament Members to seek support on it. She is now acting as UNFPA Youth Taskforce Committee on Population, SRHR and Climate Action and Country Coordinator of Global South Coalition of Dignified menstruation.

She is also executing as Partnership Representative of International Youth Alliance of Family Planning-Bangladesh. Tasnia is a WORTH Initiative fellow on Climate Action and Women SRHR by ARROW. She received the Special Mention Award as a Youth Activist at the Women Leadership Summit 2018. Also she has been connected with #BNYCFP since 2016 and was the opening youth speaker at #BNYCFP2018.

Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasnia-ahmed-4ab5b0111/