Wasim Alimuz Zaman, also known as Wasim Zaman, was a Bangladeshi civil servant, population scientist and United National official who was killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan.[1][2]
Early life
editZaman was born in 1948 in Gopalganj District, East Bengal, Pakistan.[3][4] He completed his PhD in population sciences at Harvard University.[5]
Career
editZaman joined the Pakistan Civil Service in 1970.[6]
Zaman joined the United Nations Population Fund in 1988.[5] From 1995 to 1998, he was the United Nations Population Fund envoy to Bhutan and India.[5] From 1996 to 1998, he was part of the United Nations theme group for HIV and AIDS in India and again from 2000 to 2003.[5] He was part of the United Nations Population Fund Country Technical Services Team for South and West Asia in Kathmandu from 1998 to 2008.[5]
In 2008, Zaman was made the special envoy of the United Nations Population Fund to Palestine.[5][7]
Zaman was a member of the editorial board of the Asia Pacific Population Journal.[5]
Bibliography
edit- Land Policies in Developing Countries: Select Bibliography on Agrarian Reform (1977-1983) (co-author Sein Lin, 1983)[8]
- Public Participation in Development and Health Programs: Lessons from Rural Bangladesh (1984)[9][10]
- Inter-linkages between population dynamics and development in national planning case studies from Bangladesh, India, and Malaysia[11]
- Improving Access of Young People to Education and Services for Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV, and Gender: Promising Practices in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam (2009)[12]
Personal life
editZaman's wife lived in Malaysia while their three daughters live in the United States.[3]
Death
editZaman died on a attack by the Taliban on Serena Hotel near Arg, Kabul on 20 March 2014.[3][13] He was living in Malaysia where he was the executive director of the International Council on Management of Population Programmes and had arrived in Kabul the day before the attack for a work trip.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Wasim Zaman, 65" (PDF). University of British Columbia. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ OneWorld Foundation India (2008-02-19). Dr. Wasim Zaman - Climate Justice for the Realisation of MDG. Retrieved 2024-11-27 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d Report, Star (2014-03-23). "Bangladeshi among 9 killed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ "Public Participation in Development and Health Programs: Lessons from Rural Bangladesh (Hardback)". nlm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary: Wasim Alimuz Zaman, Ph.D. 1948-2014". 2012-12-31: 137–138. doi:10.18356/8ac7eaf5-en.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Shibli, Abdullah (2021-03-21). "What path lies ahead for Afghanistan?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ "Three Generations of Palestine refugees: The Quest for Human Rights and Human Dignity". UNFPA. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Lin, Sein; Zaman, Wasim Alimuz (1983). Land Policies in Developing Countries: Select Bibliography on Agrarian Reform (1977-1983). Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. ISBN 978-1-55844-096-8.
- ^ Zaman, Wasim Alimuz (1984). Public Participation in Development and Health Programs: Lessons from Rural Bangladesh. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-8191-3874-3.
- ^ Medicine (U.S.), National Library of. Current Catalog: cumulative listing. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institues of Health, National Library of Medicine. p. 754.
- ^ "Inter-linkages between population dynamics and development in national planning case studies from Bangladesh, India, and Malaysia". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ Zaman, Wasim Alimuz (2009). Improving Access of Young People to Education and Services for Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV, and Gender: Promising Practices in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. International Council on Management of Population Programmes (ICOMP). ISBN 978-983-3017-10-2.
- ^ Nations, United (2012-12-31). "Obituary: Wasim Alimuz Zaman, Ph.D. 1948-2014". Asia-Pacific Population Journal. 29 (1): 137–138. doi:10.18356/8ac7eaf5-en.