Nasim Ferdous

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Her Excellency
Nasim Ferdous
নাসিম ফেরদৌস
Ambassador for the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Indonesia
In office
2002 [1] –2006
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Dhaka (MA)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (LLM)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) [2]
Profession Diplomat

Nasim Ferdous is a former Bangladeshi career diplomat. [3] She joined the foreign service in 1977. She is the first woman to enter in foreign service in Bangladesh. [4] She was also ambassador to Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Cyprus, and Egypt. [5]

Career

Ferdous became the first woman to join the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1977. [6]

She served as an ambassador to Indonesia from 2002 to 2006. She retired from the service in 2008.

She is also an executive director of Bangladesh Alliance for Women Leadership (BDAWL) [7] and chairperson of the Home Economics Association. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-envoys call for duty-free access to Indonesia". The Daily Star . Dhaka. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016. Nasim Ferdous, who was the Bangladeshi ambassador to Indonesia from 2002 to 2006
  2. ↑ https://www.tritiyomatra.com/profile/277
  3. ↑ "List of Former Ambassadors" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ↑ 'নারীকে একটু দাবিয়ে রাখার চেষ্টা এখনও রয়েছে': বাংলাদেশের সাবেক রাষ্ট্রদূত নাসিম ফেরদৌস ['Attempt to oppress women still exists', says Bangladeshi former ambassador Nasim Ferdous]. BBC 100 Women (in Bengali). BBC Bengali. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nasim Firdaus: Meet country's first female career diplomat". The Business Standard. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bangladeshi women advancing on the diplomatic front". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Women lawmakers advocate women empowerment". Dhaka Tribune . 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016. Nasim Ferdous, Executive Director of BDAWL said media should highlight women members of both parties and also the independent candidates.
  8. ↑ "Home Economics Association of Bangladesh inaugurated". The Daily Observer . Dhaka. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.


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