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 government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh () is the central government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Constitution of Bangladesh comprising the executive (the president, prime minister and cabinet), the ...
. First awarded in 1995, the Rokeya Padak recognises the pioneering contribution of an individual in empowering women and raising women's issues.
Each recipient receives a gold medal weighing 25 grams of 18-karat gold, a certificate of honour, and a cash reward. The cash reward was tk 2,00,000 from May 2017. It was increased to tk 4,00,000 from November 2019.
Award winners
As of December 2020, 61 awards had been presented:
* 1995 –
Shamsunnahar Mahmud
* 1996 –
Sufia Kamal and
Nilima Ibrahim
Neelima Ibrahim (11 October 1921 – 18 June 2002) was a Bangladeshi educationist, littérateur and social worker. She is well known for her scholarship on Bengali literature but even more so for her depiction of raped and tortured women in the ...
* 1997 –
Nurjahan Begum
* 1999 –
Angela Gomes,
Setara Begum (Rahman), and
Quazi Anwara Monsur
* 2001 –
Hena Das,
Maliha Khatun and
Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir
* 2002 –
Akhtar Imam and
Zohra Begum Kazi
* 2003 –
Taiyaba Majumder and
Maleka Ashraf
* 2004 – Begum
Husna Banu Khanam and
Dilara Chowdhury
* 2005 –
Rokeya Mannan and Srimati Shaha
* 2007 –
Latifa Akand and
Hosne Ara Begum
* 2008 –
Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and
Nasrin Parvin Huq (posthumous)
* 2009 – Razia Hossain and Mamtaz Hossen
* 2010 –
Meher Kabir and Ayesha Zafar
* 2011 – Begum
Meherunnesa Khatun and Hamida Khanam
* 2012 –
Mahfuza Khanam and
Syeda Jebunnesa Haque
* 2013 –
Hamida Banu and
Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
* 2014 –
Mamtaz Begum and
Golap Banu
* 2015 –
Bibi Russell and
Taibun Nahar Rashid (posthumous)
* 2016 –
Aroma Dutta and
Begum Noorjahan
* 2017 – Mazeda Shawkat Ali,
Baby Maudud (posthumous), Suraiya Rahman,
Shobha Rani Tripura and Masuda Faruk Ratna
* 2018 –
Zinnatunnessa Talukdar, Zohra Anis, Shila Roy,
Rama Chowdhury (posthumous) and Rokeya Begum (posthumous)
* 2019 – Begum Selina Khalek, Shamsun Nahar,
Papri Basu,
Begum Akhtar Jahan and
Nurun Nahar Faizannesa (posthumously).
* 2020 –
Shireen Akhter,
Brig Gen Nazma Begum,
Monjulika Chakma,
Begum Mushtari Shafi, and Farida Akter
* 2021 – Hasina Zakaria Bela, Archana Biswas, Shamsunnahar Rahman Paran (posthumous), Zinat Huda and Saria Sultana
* 2022 – Rahima Khatun, Kamrun Nahar Begum, Farida Yasmin, Afroza Parveen, and Nasima Begum.
* 2023 –
Khaleda Ekram (posthumous),
Halida Hanum Akhter, Kamrunnesa Ashraf Dina (posthumous), Ronita Bala, and
Nishat Majumdar.
* 2024 –
Rani Hamid,
Perween Hasan,
Shireen Haque, and
Taslima Akhter.
See also
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List of awards for contributions to society
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List of awards honoring women
This list of awards honoring women is an index to articles about notable awards honoring women. It excludes media, science and technology and sports awards, which are covered by separate lists, and it excludes orders of chivalry for women. The lis ...
References
{{Bengali honours and decorations, state=collapsed
Women in Bangladesh
Civil awards and decorations of Bangladesh
Awards established in 1995
Awards for contributions to society
Orders, decorations, and medals for women
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Memorials to Begum Rokeya