Jahanara Begum (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]

Jahanara Begum
জাহানারা বেগম
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationSocial worker

She was awarded Independence Day Award in 1993 by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]

Background and career

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
  • 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
  1. "Dignity Through Labour". The Daily Star. 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. "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.
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