Rozina Haque

Programme Head
, Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
Profile / Bio: 

Rozina Haque is the Programme Head of the Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme at BRAC. She possesses over 18 years of proven experience in international development, focusing on social protection and economic inclusion and has built thematic expertise in the areas of climate change adaptation, disability inclusion, humanitarian response, urban, and gender. At present, she is leading and providing advanced strategic direction to one of the flagship programmes of BRAC that aims to eradicate extreme poverty from the country, currently being implemented in 39 high poverty prone and climate vulnerable areas with over 2700 staff. Since its inception, the programme has impacted the lives of approximately 9 million ultra-poor people in Bangladesh. She also plays a significant role in expanding the Graduation approach globally to address the poverty agenda and provided technical assistance to different governments, donors and non-government organisations on economic inclusion initiatives in Uganda, Liberia, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Yemen and Nepal in the areas of proposal development, assessment, programme designing, budgeting, implementation, M&E and capacity development of staff. Ms. Haque holds a master’s degree in Development Studies from BRAC University, as well as a master’s degree in Business Administration from Asian University in Bangladesh.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
Roles of the Graduation Approach in Resilience Building 17 November 2021 Document Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management