Hameeda Hossain (née Akhund; born 1936) is a Bangladeshi human rights activist and academic. She has published many books and articles relating to human rights and women's issues in Bangladesh, in Islam, and worldwide.[1] She is a founding member of Ain o Salish Kendra, a legal aid and human rights organization.
In 1969, in the then East Pakistan, along with economist Rehman Sobhan she founded English-language monthly current affairs magazine, Forum. The magazine became renowned for its outspoken criticism against the West Pakistani establishment, and advocacy of democracy and economic reforms in the Pakistani union.
Hossain is a member of the board of directors of the Centre for Secular Space, an international human rights organization that stands for International Defense Against Religious Extremism.[2]
^"Hameeda Hossain". South Asia Citizens Web. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
^"Board of Directors". Centre for Secular Space. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
HameedaHossain (née Akhund; born 1936) is a Bangladeshi human rights activist and academic. She has published many books and articles relating to human...
Amsterdam (1997). Hossain married HameedaHossain in 1963. He has two daughters, including the leading Bangladeshi civil rights lawyer Sara Hossain and the film...
Hossain is the eldest daughter of the statesman Kamal Hossain and the human rights advocate HameedaHossain. Her father's family is part of a Bengali Muslim...
Barrister Salma Sobhan passes away". The Daily Star. 31 December 2003. HameedaHossain (2012). "Sobhan, Salma". In Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.). Banglapedia:...
Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press. ISBN 967-942-659-9. "HameedaHossain". South Asia Citizens Web. Retrieved 19 December 2013. Douglas Martin...
Khan, Sultana Kamal and Rasheda K Chowdhury, human rights activists HameedaHossain, Khushi Kabir and Nur Khan Liton, former cabinet secretary Ali Imam...
"Liberating the Women of 1971". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 January 2019. Hossain, Hameeda; Mohsin, Amena (2016). Of the Nation Born: The Bangladesh Papers. Zubaan...
Reference M Hafizuddin Khan President HameedaHossain Vice-president Badiul Alam Majumdar Editor Zakir Hossain Associate Editor Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear...
myths, and allegories, as were his longer works of fiction. Critic HameedaHossain says, "In describing the pathos of a slow crumbling of suburban souls...
Followers of Ummah. Singapore: Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-15-1116-5. Hossain, Hameeda; Mohsin, Amena, eds. (2016). Of the Nation Born: The Bangladesh Papers...
Untold Story. Jatiya Grantha Prakashan. p. 12. ISBN 978-984-560-184-9. Hossain, Hameeda; Mohsin, Amena (2016-05-30). Of the Nation Born: The Bangladesh Papers...
tale of 1971 (Part-2)". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 November 2023. Hossain, Hameeda; Mohsin, Amena, eds. (2016). Of the Nation Born: The Bangladesh Papers...
yesterday". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2017. Hossain, Hameeda (2012). "Sobhan, Salma". In Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.). Banglapedia:...
International Labor Affairs. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Hossain, Hameeda (16 January 1993). "The Child Factor in the Garment Trade". The Daily...
Settlement, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-59692-3. Hossain, Hameeda. The Company weavers of Bengal: the East India Company and the organization...
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