Elora Shamsher

Researcher at Swedwatch
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, SE
Languages
  • Bengali Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Hindi & Urdu Limited working proficiency
  • Swedish Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Deeply Practical Project Management (16 PDUs)
    Deeply Practical Project Management
    Mar, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Introduction to Digital Facilitation
    Howspace
    Dec, 2021
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Swedwatch
    • Sweden
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Researcher
      • Feb 2014 - Present

      - Investigate human rights and environmental impacts from the business operations in South Asia and Eastern Africa - Plan, design and facilitate capacity building interventions to relevant actors (example: basic training on business and human rights and environment - BHRE) - Monitor and analyse the development of national and international legal framework and business standards (example: UNGPs, CSDDD, ESG reporting) - Thematic expertise: ILO Decent work (living wage, social dialogue), gender equality, woman's rights, child right, land rights, FPIC, purchasing practices, supply chain transparency, electrical and electronic waste management Show less

  • Quizrr
    • Sweden
    • International Trade and Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Researcher
      • Feb 2014 - Apr 2015

      Together with the QuizzRR team, conducted research, developed training modules on labour rights for the workers and mid-managers and translated the digital game platform in Bangla from English at the preliminary stage. Together with the QuizzRR team, conducted research, developed training modules on labour rights for the workers and mid-managers and translated the digital game platform in Bangla from English at the preliminary stage.

  • Environment Solutions, Denmark
    • Roskilde, Denmark
    • Researcher and Market Analyst
      • Apr 2013 - Jan 2014

      - Analysed market for Flood barriers, sandbags and unique solutions for temporary flood management. - Analysed market for Flood barriers, sandbags and unique solutions for temporary flood management.

  • Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
    • Bangladesh
    • Think Tanks
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Researcher
      • Aug 2002 - Sep 2007

      - Assisted in administering and coordinating to prepare policy papers related to organisation’s South Asian projects –e.g., poverty reduction strategies, domestic violence, women in agriculture; - Prepared policy statement matrix, terms of references (ToR) for the national and international consultants and mid-term and project completion reports; - Assisted in arranging various policy dialogues at the in-house, national and international levels; - Maintained liaison with the national and international level researchers, partner organisations; - Administered a team of young researchers. Show less

Education

  • International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam
    MA, Development Studies
    2004 - 2005
  • Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
    Master of Science - MS, Urban and Regional Planning
    1998 - 2003
  • University of Dhaka
    BSc and MSc, Geography and Environmental Science
    1991 - 1998
  • Viquarun Nissa Noon School and College
    SSC and HSC

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