Jahanara Begum (social worker)
Jahanara Begum | |
|---|---|
জাহানারা বেগম | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Social worker |
Jahanara Begum is a Bangladeshi social worker.[1] Dubbed the Queen of Cottage Industry, she engages poor women in training and working in the cotton industry.[1]
She was awarded Independence Day Award in 1993 by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]
Background and career[edit]
Begum was born to Azmat Ali. She was married to Moninul Islam Miyagi. After the wedding, she moved to Adda village of Barura Upazila.[1]
Begum wrote books on cottage industry and its development and history:
- Comilla Shilpo Bishok Pustak (1976)
- Bashtobayone Adda Grame Kutir Shipler Oboshon (1976)
- Jahan Ara's Kutir Shilpo Rushiar (1980)
- Embroidery Design Pustak (1984)
- Dorji Biddya Shikka (1986)
- Kutir Shilper Jari Ghan (1988)
- Kutir Shilpo (1988)
- Utpadito Pather Shochitro Catalog (1990)[1]
Awards[edit]
- Kutir Shilper Kandari by the then governor Azam Khan (1962)
- The Comilla Foundation Gold Medal (1977 and 1985)
- National Social Welfare Award (1988)
- Independence Day Award (1993)
- The Rotary Club Award (2000)
- Shada Moner Manush[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Dignity Through Labour". The Daily Star. 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ "স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্রতিষ্ঠানের তালিকা" [List of the names of personnel and institutions who won the Independence Day Award] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2019-08-14.