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.Award winners
As of December 2016, 41 awards had been presented:
- 1995 – Shamsunnahar Mahmud
- 1996 – Sufia Kamal and Nilima Ibrahim
- 1997 – Nurjahan Begum
- 1999 – Angela Gomes and Sitara Begum
- 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
- 2007 – Latifa Akand and Hosne Ara Begum
- 2008 – Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and Nasrin Parvin Huq
- 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
- 2016 – Aroma Dutta and Begum Noorjahan
- 2017 – Mazeda Shawkat Ali, Baby Maudud, Suraiya Rahman, Shobha Rani Tripura and Masuda Faruk Ratna
- 2018 – Zinnatunnessa Talukdar, Zohra Anis, Shila Roy, Rama Chowdhury and Rokeya Begum
- 2019 – Begum Selina Khalek, Shamsun Nahar, Papri Basu, Begum Akhtar Jahan and Nurun Nahar Faizannesa.
