Baby Maudud
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Baby Maudud
|native_name=বেবী মওদুদ
|native_name_lang=bn
|constituency_MP=Reserved Women's Seat–50
|parliament=Bangladesh
|term_start=9 December 2011
|term_end=24 January 2014
|predecessor=Position created
|party=Bangladesh Awami League
|birth_name=Mahfuza Khatun Baby Maudud
|birth_date={{birth date|1948|6|23|df=y}}
|birth_place=Kolkata, West Bengal, India
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|occupation=Journalist, politician
|spouse={{marriage|Md Hasan Ali | 1972|1984|end=d}}
|alma_mater=University of Dhaka
|death_date={{death date and age|2014|7|25|1948|6|23|df=y}}
|death_place=Dhaka, Bangladesh
}}
AN Mahfuza Khatun (known as Baby Maudud; 23 June 1948 – 25 July 2014){{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/07/24/baby-maududs-first-death-anniversary-to-be-observed-on-saturday |title=Baby Maudud's first death anniversary to be observed on Saturday |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=22 June 2019}} was a Bangladeshi journalist, politician, and writer.{{cite news |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/19824/baby-maudud-no-more.html |title=Baby Maudud no more |work=The New Nation |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=12 September 2016}} She was selected as a member of Jatiya Sangsad from the Reserved Women's Seat-30 in December 2011 and served until January 2014.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-211869 |title=AL picks 5 for JS women's seats |work=The Daily Star |date=27 November 2011 |access-date=12 September 2016}}{{Cite news |date=2011-12-09 |title=EC declares five AL candidates elected |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-213354 |access-date=2024-12-08 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Biography
Maudud was born on 23 June 1948 in Kolkata, India to Hedayet-un-Nisa and Abdul Maudud, a justice. She was the third among six brothers and three sisters.
Maudud started working as a journalist in 1967, while a student at the University of Dhaka.{{cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/07/25/101162.php |title=Baby Maudud's first death anniv today |work=The Daily Observer |date=25 July 2015 |access-date=12 September 2016}} Maudud took part in the 1969 mass upsurge and was engaged in political activities with Begum Sufia Kamal in 1971.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/baby-moudud-passes-away-34873 |title=Baby Moudud passes away |work=The Daily Star |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=12 September 2016}} She graduated with a degree in Bangla in 1971.
She married advocate Md Hasan Ali in 1972.{{cite news |title=Baby Maudud, shining example of 'true humanity', remembered |url=https://bdnews24.com/people/baby-maudud-shining-example-of-true-humanity-remembered |work=bdnews24.com |date=26 July 2019}} Together they had two sons, Rabiul Hasan Avi and Shafiul Hassan Dipto. Her husband died in 1984.
During her career as a journalist, she worked for The Daily Ittefaq, the BBC, The Sangbad, and Weekly Bichitra. She was the chief news editor of the state-run news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). She served as the social affairs editor at bdnews24.com.{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/baby-maudud-passes-away |title=Baby Maudud passes away |work=bdnews24.com |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=12 September 2016}}
When, in 2011, the 15th amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution increased the number of seats in the Bangladesh Parliament by five additional seats reserved for women, Madud was one of the five women elected.
Maudud won Anannya Bishesh Shommanona in 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-225674 |title=Anannya Bishesh Shommanona '12 announced |work=The Daily Star |date=10 March 2012 |access-date=12 September 2016}} For her contributions to the advancement of women, she was posthumously awarded the Begum Rokeya Padak in 2017.
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Category:Bangladeshi women journalists
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:Burials at Banani Graveyard
Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad