Kaosar Afsana has been working at BRAC for more than 12 years. She graduated from Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh and carried out post-graduate studies at Harvard University, USA and Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. Her PhD thesis has received several prestigious awards including the Asian Studies Association of Australia's Presidents Prize for the best thesis on an Asian topic in 2004. Afsana authored a book Discoursing Birthing Care: Experiences from Bangladesh (UPL 2000) and published articles in various journals. Her main areas of interests are reproductive health, gender, health systems and research methodology.