• Source: 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 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.
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
1997 – Nurjahan Begum
1999 – Angela Gomes and Setara Begum (Rahman)
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 (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.




See also


List of awards for contributions to society
List of awards honoring women




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Begum Rokeya Padak
• Begum Rokeya
• Rokeya Day
• Taiyaba Majumder
• Sufia Kamal
• Zohra Begum Kazi
• Nilima Ibrahim
• Mahfuza Khanam
• Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha
• Nurjahan Begum