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Sigma  Ainul

Senior Research Officer

Sigma Ainul has worked for the Population Council since 2009 as a research officer affiliated with the Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth program.

Her research interests include a range of issues related to education, gender, poverty, migration, and family role and structure. Currently she is involved in the project "Promoting Financial Education through Mentoring Relationships." She has developed financial education curriculums for adolescent girls and manuals for teachers and mentors. This study is part of the larger program of research and programs on transitions to adulthood at the Population Council.

Ainul completed her master's of population sciences (M.P.S.) at the University of Dhaka in 2009. Her thesis, "Typology construction of internal migration to Dhaka City," had a special focus on the role of family structure and marriage in the decisionmaking process of migration.

 

Sigma  Ainul

Senior Research Officer

Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Violence against Adolescent Girls and Women in Urban Bangladesh (more)
The Growing Up Safe and Healthy (SAFE) project seeks to provide context-specific strategies for vulnerable adolescents to build their social and health assets, with the eventual goal of improving their lifelong functional capabilities and well-being.
(11/2010 - 10/2014)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; Child marriage; Sexual and gender-based violence; Social isolation/support
Countries: Bangladesh

Promoting Financial Education Through Mentoring Relationships (more)
Council researchers have been testing a new personal financial education curriculum through mentoring relationships against a more conventional teaching method for adolescents in Bangladesh.
(9/2009 - 9/2010)
Topics: Financial literacy/livelihoods; Schooling; Social isolation/support
Countries: Bangladesh

Sigma  Ainul

Senior Research Officer

Kishor-kishorider jonno ortho sikkha [Financial education for adolescents]  (PDF) 
Ainul,Sigma; Khatun,Marzina; Mahbooba,Najneen
Publication date: 2010

Kishor-kishorider jonno ortho sikkha: Dishari shohayika [Financial education for adolescents: Mentor's manual]  (PDF) 
Ainul,Sigma; Khatun,Marzina; Mahbooba,Najneen
Publication date: 2010

Kishor-kishorider jonno ortho sikkha: Shikkhok shahayika [Financial education for adolescents: Teacher's manual]  (PDF) 
Ainul,Sigma; Khatun,Marzina; Mahbooba,Najneen
Publication date: 2010

White paper: Enhancing adolescent financial capabilities through financial education in Bangladesh  (PDF) 
Amin,Sajeda; Rahman,Laila; Ainul,Sigma; Rob,Ubaidur; Zaman,Bushra; Akter,Rinat
Publication date: 2010