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Award
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 2022
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 and Children Affairs of the
Government of Bangladesh . The award recognises the pioneering contribution of an individual in empowering women and raising women's issues.
[1]
[2]
Each awardee receives a gold medal weighing 25 grams of 18-karat gold, a certificate of honour, and a sum of cash.
[3] The amount of the cash reward was tk 2,00,000 from May 2017. Next it was increased to tk 4,00,000 from November 2019.
[4]
Award winners
As of December 2020, 61 awards had been presented:
1995 –
Shamsunnahar Mahmud
[1]
1996 –
Sufia Kamal
[5] and
Nilima Ibrahim
[6]
1997 –
Nurjahan Begum
[7]
1999 –
Angela Gomes
[8] and
Setara Begum (Rahman)
[9]
2001 –
Hena Das ,
Maliha Khatun and
Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir
[10]
[11]
2002 –
Akhtar Imam
[12] and
Zohra Begum Kazi
[13]
2003 –
Taiyaba Majumder and
Maleka Ashraf
[14]
2004 – Begum
Husna Banu Khanam and
Dilara Chowdhury
[15]
2005 – Rokeya Mannan
[16]
2007 –
Latifa Akand and
Hosne Ara Begum
[17]
2008 –
Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and
Nasrin Parvin Huq (posthumous)
[18]
[19]
2009 – Razia Hossain and Mamtaz Hossen
[20]
2010 –
Meher Kabir and Ayesha Zafar
[21]
2011 – Begum
Meherunnesa Khatun and Hamida Khanam
[22]
2012 –
Mahfuza Khanam and
Syeda Jebunnesa Haque
[23]
2013 –
Hamida Banu and
Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
[1]
2014 –
Mamtaz Begum and
Golap Banu
[2]
2015 –
Bibi Russell and
Taibun Nahar Rashid (posthumous)
[24]
2016 –
Aroma Dutta and
Begum Noorjahan
[25]
[26]
2017 – Mazeda Shawkat Ali,
Baby Maudud (posthumous), Suraiya Rahman,
Shobha Rani Tripura and Masuda Faruk Ratna
[27]
2018 –
Zinnatunnessa Talukdar , Zohra Anis, Shila Roy,
Rama Chowdhury (posthumous) and Rokeya Begum (posthumous)
[28]
2019 – Begum Selina Khalek, Shamsun Nahar,
Papri Basu ,
Begum Akhtar Jahan and
Nurun Nahar Faizannesa (posthumously).
[29]
2020 –
Shireen Akhter ,
Brig Gen Nazma Begum ,
Monjulika Chakma ,
Begum Mushtari Shafi , and Farida Akter
[30]
2021 – Hasina Zakaria Bela, Archana Biswas, Shamsunnahar Rahman Paran (posthumous), Zinat Huda and Saria Sultana
[31]
2022 – Rahima Khatun, Kamrun Nahar Begum, Farida Yasmin, Afroza Parveen, and Nasima Begum.
[32]
2023 –
Khaleda Ekram (posthumous),
Halida Hanum Akhter ,
[33] Kamrunnesa Ashraf Dina (posthumous), Ronita Bala, and
Nishat Majumdar .
[34]
See also
References
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Bangladesh Awami League . BSS. 9 December 2014. Archived from
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"Equal rights for females must for development" .
The Daily Star . 10 December 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2015 .
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5 awarded Begum Rokeya Padak 2018, Prothom Alo, 9 December 2018
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National awards money doubled, amount for Independence Award raised to Tk 500,000, bdnews twenty four dot com, 21 November 2019
^ Kabir, Ahmad (2012).
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^ Islam, Sirajul (2012).
"Ibrahim, Nilima" . In
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"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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"Daily Star honours 25 scholars, nation builders" . The Daily Star . 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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ISBN
978-1479712977 .
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"Prof Beggzadi passes away" . The Daily Star . 3 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2017 .
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"A Son's Tribute" . The Daily Star . 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
^ Firoz, Rawsan Ara (2012).
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^ Akhtar, Shirin (2012).
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"Two get Begum Rokeya Padak" . The Daily Star . 24 January 2004. Archived from
the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Husna Banu, Dr Dilara get Rokeya Padak" . The Daily Star . 9 December 2004. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Launch social movement to end dowry system: PM" . The Daily Star . 19 January 2006. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Govt to expedite efforts for empowering women: CA" . The Daily Star . UNB. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2016 .
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"Prof Sultana dedicates her life to caring for deprived people" . The Daily Star . 28 January 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2017 .
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"Strict application of law a must to check women repression: CA" . The Daily Star . 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Stop repression on women: PM" . The Daily Star . 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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রোকেয়া পদক পাচ্ছেন মেহের কবীর, আয়শা জাফর . bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2019-02-09 .
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"Implement women policy" . The Daily Star . 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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"Blockade aims to save war criminals: PM" . The Daily Star . 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-10 .
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"Bibi Russell, Taibun Nahar get Rokeya Padak" . Bdnews24.com . 9 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016 .
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"PM emphasises investing in women" . Prothom Alo . BSS. 9 December 2016. Archived from
the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017 .
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"Rokeya Padak goes to Aroma Dutta, Nur Jahan" . Daily Sun . Dhaka. 9 December 2016.
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"Five receive Rokeya Padak" . The Daily Star . 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09 .
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"Be responsible towards family" . The Daily Star . 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-02-09 .
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"PM distributes Begum Rokeya Padak" . The Daily Star . 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09 .
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"5 eminent women named for Begum Rokeya Padak 2020" . Dhaka Tribune . 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-09 .
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"5 women receive Begum Rokeya Padak-2021" . The Daily Star . 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-09 .
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"PM hands over Begum Rokeya Padak to 5 women" . The Daily Star . 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09 .
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"Halida Akhter | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health" . publichealth.jhu.edu . Retrieved 2024-01-30 .
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"PM confers Begum Rokeya Padak 2023 on five noted women" . The Daily Star . 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09 .