Najma Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi academic. She was a pioneer in establishing women studies in Bangladesh. She founded the Women and Gender Studies department of the University of Dhaka in 2000. She was an advisor in the first caretaker government in 1996. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in research in 2008.
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26 February 1942 Sylhet, Bengal Presidency (present Bangladesh)
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Died |
8 August 2021 (aged 79)
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