Sarzah Yeasmin

Sarzah Yeasmin is a Boston-based Bangladeshi writer. She works at Harvard Kennedy School and is currently pursuing a micro-master's in data and economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

To combat gender-based violence, do away with systemic bias

Gender inequality and violence as the outcome of a society are symptomatic of the ethos that shape policies, family structures and opportunities for men and women.

Will boycotting Israeli products bring peace for Palestinians?

Regardless of the tenacious systems of injustice the BDS movement works against, boycott has historically been a useful tool for advocacy and solidarity.

Israel: A US project gone rogue

This current exchange between the US and Israel is a compelling case of how the US has become a puppet state

Western media’s ahistorical reporting around Palestine-Israel

While there are gruesome acts from both sides, this is not a war between equals.

How this city kills its people

Loneliness, anxiety, depression – these have all intricately seeped into the very core of how we live in Dhaka.

Donor agendas must include investments in higher education

The global education sector continues to endure a tumultuous period of diminishing funding and resource allocation, as competing priorities such as health, humanitarian aid and other social services require urgent financial responses from the international community.

Why another era of mainstream liberalism could be fatal

In the words of Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet laureate to read at a presidential inauguration, America is “not broken but simply unfinished”.

Sexualising and policing girls’ bodies

The recent spate of debates around the rape and death of an O-level student has yet again illustrated the problems with Bangladeshi schooling and the chronic need for sex education in classrooms.

December 7, 2023
December 7, 2023

To combat gender-based violence, do away with systemic bias

Gender inequality and violence as the outcome of a society are symptomatic of the ethos that shape policies, family structures and opportunities for men and women.

November 20, 2023
November 20, 2023

Will boycotting Israeli products bring peace for Palestinians?

Regardless of the tenacious systems of injustice the BDS movement works against, boycott has historically been a useful tool for advocacy and solidarity.

November 5, 2023
November 5, 2023

Israel: A US project gone rogue

This current exchange between the US and Israel is a compelling case of how the US has become a puppet state

October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023

Western media’s ahistorical reporting around Palestine-Israel

While there are gruesome acts from both sides, this is not a war between equals.

September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023

How this city kills its people

Loneliness, anxiety, depression – these have all intricately seeped into the very core of how we live in Dhaka.

November 7, 2021
November 7, 2021

Donor agendas must include investments in higher education

The global education sector continues to endure a tumultuous period of diminishing funding and resource allocation, as competing priorities such as health, humanitarian aid and other social services require urgent financial responses from the international community.

January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021

Why another era of mainstream liberalism could be fatal

In the words of Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet laureate to read at a presidential inauguration, America is “not broken but simply unfinished”.

January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021

Sexualising and policing girls’ bodies

The recent spate of debates around the rape and death of an O-level student has yet again illustrated the problems with Bangladeshi schooling and the chronic need for sex education in classrooms.

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