The power of being resilient: In Conversation with Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, Country Director, The Hunger Project Bangladesh
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JOIN US
The Hunger Project Australia invites you, your friends and colleagues to join us for a unique opportunity to hear from one of Bangladesh’s most powerful and compassionate forces for change, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Country Director of The Hunger Project Bangladesh.
A CONVERSATION ABOUT RESILIENCE AND LEADERSHIP
For the past 28 years, Dr. Majumdar has boldly interrupted the social
and political structures in Bangladesh: replacing division, corruption
and extremism with peace, trust and respect for human rights.
Through his work at a grassroots level, Dr. Majumdar has firsthand experience of what it takes to become an effective leader.
He will share stories of resilient and resourceful Bangladeshi women who are successfully tackling issues such as chronic hunger, gender inequality and child marriage.
"Badiul is a superstar. He is energetic, he is dedicated, he is utterly unreasonable and he fully intends for Bangladesh to rise."
– MICHELLE NICOL CO-FOUNDER, THE SOCIAL PRODUCERS
YOU WILL DISCOVER:
• The importance of leadership and personal accountability
• What it takes to shift limiting mindsets
• The expansive and powerful change that’s possible with compassionate action
• The role Australians can play in solving critical global problems
Who is Dr Majumdar?
•Born in Bangladesh and educated in the US, he holds a PhD in Economics
•After a career as a university lecturer and working at NASA, he returned to Bangladesh in 1991
•He took the role of THP Country Director in 1993 and was instrumental in the development of THP’s unique Vision, Commitment, Action workshop to enable people to become authors of their own future