Hameeda Hossain

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.

Hameeda Hossain
হামিদা হোসেন
Born1936 (age 84–85)
Hyderabad, Sindh, British India (now Pakistan)
Alma materWellesley College
Oxford University (PhD)
Spouse(s)Kamal Hossain

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]

Early life and education
Hossain (in the middle) at the Orientation Ceremony for the 2nd batch of Notre Dame University Bangladesh (2015)

Hameeda was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan) in 1936,[3] the youngest of three girls and three boys.[4] The children lived with their mother in Karachi while their father, a judge, was posted to various cities.[5] She attended a convent school in Karachi. She graduated from Wellesley College in the US and earned a PhD from Oxford University.[3]

Marriage and family
Hameeda and Kamal among the NDUB faculty members

Hossain is married to Kamal Hossain, who has been the president of the Gano Forum political party in Bangladesh since he founded it in 1992.[6] They have two daughters, including Dina Hossain, a film maker, and Sara Hossain, a lawyer and writer[7][8] who is the co-editor of 'Honor': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women.[9]

References
  1. "Hameeda Hossain". South Asia Citizens Web. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. "Board of Directors". Centre for Secular Space. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. "Hameeda Hossain". The 1947 Partition Archive.
  4. "Hameeda Hossain [Oral history interview by Kris Manjapra]". Bengali Cultural Heritage in the Postcolonial Age. Tufts University.
  5. Hameeda Hossain (16 May 2012). Dr. Hameeda Hossain lived in Hyderabad, Sindh, during 1947. The 1947 Partition Archive. Event occurs at at 0:47 minutes in – via YouTube. We stayed in Karachi with my mother, while he stayed wherever his work station was.
  6. "Two decades of Gono Forum". Probenews. 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  7. "Nurul Kabir to continue his defence on Dec 20". BDNews24. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  8. "Yunus verdict today". The Daily Star. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  9. Lynn Welchman & Sara Hossain, ed. (2005). 'Honor': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women. London: Zed Books. ISBN 9781842776278. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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