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Taslima Abed

Taslima Abed
Member of Parliament for Reserved Women's Seat-1
In office
7 April 1973 – 6 November 1975
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byHasina Rahman
In office
2 April 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byNazma Shamima Laiju
Succeeded byHosne Ara Ahsan
State Minister of Women and Children Affairs
In office
1980–1982
PresidentZiaur Rahman
Abdus Sattar (acting)
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyAwami League

Taslima Abed (Bengali: তাসলিমা আবেদ) was a Bangladeshi women's right activist and member of the Awami League party. She also served as a Member of Parliament and the State Minister of Women and Children Affairs.

Career

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Abed was a Jatiya Sangsad member holding a reserved women's seat during 1973–1975 and 1979–1982.[1][2] She was the founding treasurer of the Kendrio Mohila Punorbashon Songstha, a foundation dedicated to aid the women raped by members of Pakistan military forces during the Bangladesh Liberation war and founded by Sufia Kamal.[3] The foundation had rehabilitation programs for rape victims in Eskaton, Dhaka. In 1974, the Government of Bangladesh renamed the foundation Bangladesh Women's Rehabilitation and Welfare Foundation and it was attached to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.[4]

In 1980, Abed served as the State Minister of Women and Children Affairs.[5] She led the Bangladesh delegation to the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women in July 1980 in Copenhagen. She said that economic independence for women is necessary for the development of the nation. She said "In economic independence you get honor".[6]

References

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  1. ^ "1st Jatiya Sangsad members" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Liberating the Women of 1971". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ^ Hossain, Hameeda; Mohsin, Amena (2016). Of the Nation Born: The Bangladesh Papers. Zubaan. ISBN 9789385932076. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ Panday, Pranab Kumar (2013). Women's Political Participation in Bangladesh: Institutional Reforms, Actors and Outcomes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9788132212720. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. ^ Malone, Julia (21 July 1980). "Women's liberation reaches into the world's villages". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 10 January 2019.