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I am Rahanuma Sharmin, working as an MRC Counsellor in MRC-Bangladesh. I enrolled as a lawyer in Bangladesh Bar Council and Pupil in the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. I am a development professional with experience in the field of labor migration, women and child rights, violence against women and children, land rights, under trial prisoners’ rights, human rights, and gender. I have skills in conceptualizing the project, monitoring, and reporting, support partnership development, and building the capacity of partners/stakeholders to provide legal aid support, skills in organizing national level consultations, seminars, and conferences. I have experienced working with the Bangladesh Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment. I worked for several national level NGOs in Bangladesh such as BRAC, Ain-o-Salish Kendra, Refugee, and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) and practices court cases. I came from a Law background with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Northern University Bangladesh and a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Rajshahi. My areas of interest are labor migration, combatting human trafficking, promotion and protection of human rights, gender, psychosocial counseling, and alternative dispute resolution. I have developed excellent communication skills through my supervisory experience and campus leadership roles. My interest is to explore new places, listening to music, watching movies and documentaries.