Sigma Ainul

Senior Program Officer
Population Council

getsigma@gmail.com

Field of Study: Environment, Population and Development, Public Health/ Epidemiology, Sociology
 
Specialization: Children and Youth, Education and Schooling, Gender Roles-Differentials, Internal Migration, Labor force/Employment, Population and Environment, Qualitative Demography, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Vulnerability and Human Rights
 
Regional focus: Southeast Asia
 
Education: Masters level, University of Dhaka, Population Sciences, 2009
 
Working languages: English (United States)
Bengali
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA), Population Association of America (PAA)


Curriculum Vitae:
Sigma Ainul CV 2024.pdf
Professional web page:
https://www.popcouncil.org/research/expert/sigma-ainul  
 

Publications:

§   Sajeda Amin, Ubaidur Rob, Sigma Ainul, Md. Irfan Hossain, Forhana Noor, Mehnaz Manzur. "Bangladesh: COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices & Needs—Responses from three rounds of data collection among adolescent girls in districts with high rates of child marriage," COVID-19 Research & Evaluations brief. Dhaka: Population Council.

§   Sigma Ainul, Md. Saddam Hossain, Md. Irfan Hossain, Md. Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan, Sharif M. I. Hossain, Ubaidur Rob, Ashish Bajracharya. Trends in Maternal Health Services in Bangladesh Before, During and After COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from National Routine Service Data. Research Brief. Dhaka: Population Council. September 2020.

§   Andrea J. Melnikas, Sigma Ainul, Iqbal Ehsan, Eashita Haque, Sajeda Amin, 2020.  “Child Marriage Practices among the Rohingya in Bangladesh”, Journal Conflict and Health.

§  Ainul, Sigma, Bajracharya, A., Reichenbach, L and Kate Gilles. 2017. “Adolescents in Bangladesh: Programmatic Approaches to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education and Services”. Situation Analysis Report. Washington DC and Dhaka, Bangladesh: Population Council, the Evidence Project.

 

§  Ainul, Sigma and Amin, S. 2015. Early marriage as a risk factor for mistimed pregnancy among married adolescents in Bangladesh, Asia-Population Journal Volume 30, No. 1

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
• Technical Committee Member. National Adolescent Health Strategy 2017-2030, Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of Bangladesh Technical Committee Member.

• Technical Committee Member. National Plan of Action for Adolescent Health Strategy 2017- 2030, Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of Bangladesh

• Editorial Committee Member. National Adolescetn Health Newsletter. Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of Bangladesh

• Advisory Committee Member, Free Fund, Women win