Bina D'Costa is an Australian-Bangladeshi academic who specializes in conflict and gender studies in South Asia.
[5] D'Costa was a professor of International Relations at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs of the Australian National University.
[7] In March 2023 the Human Rights Council added new members to its Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent and D'Costa was one of them joining Miriam Ekiudoko of Hungary, American Dominique Day and Catherine S. Namakula of Uganda.
[9] The Daily Star described her book as a "mammoth task"; she provided a gendered analysis of conflict in South Asia.
[11] She also tracked down Australian doctor Geoffrey Davis, who carried abortions for rape victims after the war ended.