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
Awarded for	Women's activism
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Country	Bangladesh
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]

See also

• List of awards for contributions to society
• List of awards honoring women

References

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13. "Husna Banu, Dr Dilara get Rokeya Padak". The Daily Star. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
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24. "Rokeya Padak goes to Aroma Dutta, Nur Jahan". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 9 December 2016.
25. "Five receive Rokeya Padak". The Daily Star. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
26. "Be responsible towards family". The Daily Star. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
27. "PM distributes Begum Rokeya Padak". The Daily Star. 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09.