Begum Rokeya Padak
Begum Rokeya Padak, named after Begum Rokeya, is a Bangladeshi national honour conferred on individual women for their exceptional achievement. The award is given by the Ministry of Women & Children Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. The award recognises the pioneering contribution of an individual in empowering women and raising women's issues.[1][2]
Begum Rokeya Padak বেগম রোকেয়া পদক | |
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Awarded for | Women's activism |
Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Country | ![]() |
Presented by | Government of Bangladesh |
First awarded | 1995 |
Last awarded | 2017 |
Award winners
As of December 2016, 41 awards had been presented:
- 1995 – Shamsunnahar Mahmud[1]
- 1996 – Sufia Kamal[3] and Nilima Ibrahim[4]
- 1997 – Nurjahan Begum[5]
- 1999 – Angela Gomes[6] and Sitara Begum (Rahman)[7]
- 2001 – Hena Das, Maliha Khatun and Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir[8][9]
- 2002 – Akhtar Imam[10] and Zohra Begum Kazi[11]
- 2003 – Taiyaba Majumder and Maleka Ashraf[12]
- 2004 – Begum Husna Banu Khanam and Dilara Chowdhury[13]
- 2005 – Rokeya Mannan[14]
- 2007 – Latifa Akand and Hosne Ara Begum[15]
- 2008 – Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and Nasrin Parvin Huq (posthumous)[16][17]
- 2009 – Razia Hossain and Mamtaz Hossen[18]
- 2010 – Meher Kabir and Ayesha Zafar[19]
- 2011 – Begum Meherunnesa Khatun and Hamida Khanam[20]
- 2012 – Mahfuza Khanam and Syeda Jebunnesa Haque[21]
- 2013 – Hamida Banu and Jharna Dhara Chowdhury[1]
- 2014 – Mamtaz Begum and Golap Banu[2]
- 2015 – Bibi Russell and Taibun Nahar Rashid (posthumous)[22]
- 2016 – Aroma Dutta and Begum Noorjahan[23][24]
- 2017 – Mazeda Shawkat Ali, Baby Maudud (posthumous), Suraiya Rahman, Shobha Rani Tripura and Masuda Faruk Ratna[25]
- 2018 – Zinnatunnessa Talukdar, Zohra Anis, Shila Roy, Rama Chowdhury (posthumous) and Rokeya Begum (posthumous)[26]
- 2019 – Begum Selina Khalek, Shamsun Nahar, Papri Basu, Begum Akhtar Jahan and Nurun Nahar Faizannesa (posthumously).[27]
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References
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- Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Ibrahim, Nilima". In Islam, Sirajul; Ali, Zeenat ] (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- "Nurjahan Begum 'opens her eyes' in ICU four days after being admitted". bdnews24.com. 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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- "Prof Beggzadi passes away". The Daily Star. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "A Son's Tribute". The Daily Star. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- Firoz, Rawsan Ara (2012). "Imam, Akhter". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Akhtar, Shirin (2012). "Kazi, Zohra Begum". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- "Two get Begum Rokeya Padak". The Daily Star. 24 January 2004. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- "Husna Banu, Dr Dilara get Rokeya Padak". The Daily Star. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- "Launch social movement to end dowry system: PM". The Daily Star. 19 January 2006. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- "Govt to expedite efforts for empowering women: CA". The Daily Star. UNB. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Prof Sultana dedicates her life to caring for deprived people". The Daily Star. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- "Strict application of law a must to check women repression: CA". The Daily Star. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- "Stop repression on women: PM". The Daily Star. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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- "Implement women policy". The Daily Star. 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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- "Bibi Russell, Taibun Nahar get Rokeya Padak". Bdnews24.com. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "PM emphasises investing in women". Prothom Alo. BSS. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "Rokeya Padak goes to Aroma Dutta, Nur Jahan". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 9 December 2016.
- "Five receive Rokeya Padak". The Daily Star. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
- "Be responsible towards family". The Daily Star. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
- "PM distributes Begum Rokeya Padak". The Daily Star. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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