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Begum Rokeya Padak বেগম রোকেয়া পদক Awarded for Women's activism Location Dhaka , BangladeshCountry 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 . First awarded in 1995, the Rokeya Padak recognises the pioneering contribution of an individual in empowering women and raising women's issues.[ 1] [ 2]
Each recipient receives a gold medal weighing 25 grams of 18-karat gold, a certificate of honour, and a cash reward.[ 3] [ 4]
As of December 2020, 61 awards had been presented:
1995 – Shamsunnahar Mahmud [ 1]
1996 – Sufia Kamal [ 5] Nilima Ibrahim [ 6]
1997 – Nurjahan Begum [ 7]
1999 – Angela Gomes [ 8] Setara Begum (Rahman) [ 9]
2001 – Hena Das , Maliha Khatun and Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir [ 10] [ 11]
2002 – Akhtar Imam [ 12] 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] Nishat Majumdar .[ 34]
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