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Begum Rokeya Padak

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Awarded for
  
Women's activism

Country
  
Bangladesh

Last awarded
  
2016

Location
  
Dhaka, Bangladesh

First awarded
  
1995

Presented by
  
Government of Bangladesh

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.

Award winners

As of December 2015, 39 awards had been presented:

  • 1995, Begum Shamsunnahar Mahmud
  • 2001, Hena Das
  • 2007, Latifa Akand and Hosne Ara Begum
  • 2013, Hamida Banu and Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
  • 2014, Momtaz Begum and Golap Banu
  • 2015, Bibi Russell and Taibun Nahar (posthumous)

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