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The struggle within: Financial abuse and Bangladeshi migrant Muslim women in Australia
Farjana's research examines the nuances of spousal financial abuse against these women through the lens of religious, cultural, and migratory influences. It investigates how religious narratives and perceptions might contribute to family and financial abuse in migrant families and define the financial boundaries and limitations for women. Within the sociology of religion and gender, the study addresses the intersectional complexities that shape women's lived experiences, particularly those of women of colour from migrant backgrounds, with a focus on Southeast Asian Muslim women in Australia.
Principal supervisors: Dr Rachel Busbridge
Co-supervisor: Dr Alda Balthrop-Lewis
Associate supervisor (end-user): Hajeh Maha Abdo OAM - Muslim Women Australia
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Book chapters and journal articles
Mahbuba, F., 2023. “‘I trained to be an engineer… now I am a pickle seller’. What does migration do to a wife?”, in Bergman, J. (ed.), A Year of Consequence: Essays That Got The World Talking, Thames & Hudson, Australia. 155-160.
Mahbuba, F., Rabeya S., 2023. “Female Leadership in Muslim Societies: Theological and Socio-Cultural Debates in Contemporary Literatures”, in Ali, J. A. (ed.), Special Issue, vol 8, no.2, Australian Journal of Islamic Studies, Australia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55831/ajis.v8i2.541
Conference presentations
“Female Leadership in Muslim Societies: Theological and Social Debates in Contemporary Literatures”, Postgraduate Islamic Studies Conference II, Charles Sturt University, Western Sydney University, Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies Inc., December 2022
“Reformation Within: Rereading Muslim History in Addressing Financial Abuse of Bangladeshi Migrant Muslim Women in Australia”, The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association Biennial Conference, Melbourne University, November 2022
Co-organizer & presenter: “Promoting Women’s Financial Autonomy, Combating Intimate Partner Violence”, (online seminar to mark International Women’s Day), co-hosted by Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) and Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry (IRCI), Australian Catholic University, 5 March 2024
Interview: “Giving Marginalised Women a Voice”, Impact, Australian Catholic University, July 2023
Interview: “Bangladeshi Migrant Muslim Women in Australia, Spousal Financial Abuse, and Religion”, SBS Bangla, 26 May 2023 (1st part), 31 May 2023 (2nd part)
The Strategies To Prevent (SToP) Reference Group, SToP Modern Slavery Project in response to the National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020-2025, Settlement Service International (SSI), Australia
National Partnership Against Modern Slavery
Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies (AAIMS)
Australian Academic Study of Religion (AASR)
The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
Inaugural Whitlam Essay Residency recipient, Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University & Varuna, the National Writers’ House, March 2024