Farida Yasmin (journalist)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Farida Yasmin

| native_name = ফরিদা ইয়াসমিন

| native_name_lang = bn

| image = Farida Yasmin (9).jpg

| caption = Yasmin in 2018

| constituency_MP = Reserved Women's Seat–35

| parliament = Bangladesh

| term_start = 28 February 2024

| term_end = 6 August 2024

| birth_name = Farida Yasmin Bulbul

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|06|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Narsingdi, East Pakistan, Pakistan

| alma_mater = University of Dhaka

| occupation = Journalist and editor

| known_for = her tenure senior sub-editor of The Daily Ittefaq and joint secretary of Bangladesh National Press Club{{cite news |title=Saiful Islam Talukder's contribution recalled |url=http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=480594$date=2015-03-24&dateCurrent=2015-03-27 |url-status=dead |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=24 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118224217/http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=480594$date=2015-03-24&dateCurrent=2015-03-27 |archive-date=18 November 2016 |access-date=18 November 2016}}{{cite web |title=Fruit festival at Press Club |url=http://websbd.net/news/fruit-festival-at-press-club/ |website=websbd.net |access-date=18 November 2016}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Naem Nizam|1990}}

| children = 2

| awards = Women lead the nation award, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad award

| signature = Farida Yasmin signature.jpg

}}

Farida Yasmin (born 1 June 1963){{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/member-profile/012033501/farida-yasmin|title=Member profile|accessdate=2024-11-29|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}} is a Bangladeshi journalist, and former president of the Jatiya Press Club.{{cite news |title=Social Afforestation Improves Environ, Eradicates Poverty |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3021116621.html |url-status=dead |work=The New Nation |date=17 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728002913/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3021116621.html |archive-date=28 July 2018 |access-date=18 November 2016}}{{cite web |title=30 female garment workers honoured |url=http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200803163222/business/30-female-garment-workers-honoured.html |website=independent-bangladesh.com |publisher=Independent Bangladesh |access-date=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055920/http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200803163222/business/30-female-garment-workers-honoured.html |archive-date=19 November 2016 |url-status=usurped}}{{Cite news |title=Farida, Elias elected as JPC president, secretary |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/125875/farida-elias-elected-as-jpc-president-secretary |access-date=2020-12-31 |work=New Age |date=31 December 2020 |language=en}} She was the first female president of the National Press Club.{{cite news |title=Jatiya press club: Memberships of Farida, Shyamal 'revoked' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/jatiya-press-club-memberships-farida-shyamal-revoked-3674961 |work=The Daily Star |date=12 August 2024 |language=en}} Twice elected president of the press club, she was holding that position from the year 2020 to August 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/354432/press-club-president-accuses-committee-members-of |title=Farida Yasmin, Shyamal Dutta accuse members of forcefully trying to take over National Press Club|work=Dhaka Tribune|date=11 August 2024}} She is a former senior journalist of The Daily Ittefaq and former general secretary of Bangladesh National Press Club.{{cite news |title=Journalist Farida Yasmin's father passes away |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/85471/Journalist-Farida-Yasmin%E2%80%99s-father-passes-away |work=Daily Sun |date=22 October 2015 |access-date=18 November 2016 |archive-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055112/http://www.daily-sun.com/post/85471/Journalist-Farida-Yasmin%E2%80%99s-father-passes-away |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Media can play big role |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/media-can-play-big-role-94837 |work=The Daily Star |date=10 June 2015 |access-date=18 November 2016}} In 2017, she was elected the first female general secretary of Bangladesh Press Club.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/shafique-farida-panel-sweeps-jatiya-press-club-polls-1338358 |title=Shafique-Farida panel sweeps Jatiya Press Club polls |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=31 December 2016 |access-date=5 January 2017}} She has also been a former joint secretary of Jatiya Press Club.

Early life and education

Her father is Shakhawar Hossain Bhuiyan and her mother is Jahanara Hossain. She was the student of Shibpur Girls High School, Narsingdi. She passed SSC exam from Shibpur Girls High School and HSC exam from Eden Mohila College. Yasmin completed a master's from University of Dhaka.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/news/Essays/tete-a-tete-with-farida-yasmin/680 |title=Tête-à-tête with Farida Yasmin |work=Dhaka Courier |date=19 October 2018 |access-date=30 December 2018}}

Career

Yasmin was elected joint secretary of the NPC in 2011,{{cite news |title=Sabuj elected press club president, Abdal GS |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/sabuj-elected-press-club-president-abdal-gs |work=bdnews24.com |date=31 December 2010 |access-date=18 November 2016}} and 2012.{{cite news |title=Press Club poll: Sabuj, Abdal reelected president, secy |url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Press_Club_poll_Sabuj_Abdal_reelected_president_secy/599 |work=risingbd.com |date=30 December 2012 |access-date=18 November 2016}}{{cite news |title=JPC team leaves for Agartala today |work=The New Nation |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2645470861.html |url-status=dead |date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418230231/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2645470861.html |archive-date=18 April 2018 |access-date=18 November 2016}} She is the joint secretary of South Asian Women's Media Forum and was a founding member of the forum.{{cite news |title=New committee of SAWM formed |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2009291831.html |url-status=dead |work=The New Nation |date=10 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053303/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2009291831.html |archive-date=19 April 2018 |access-date=18 November 2016}}{{cite news |title=South Asian women's forum formed |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1668476301.html |url-status=dead |work=The New Nation |date=6 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418230659/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1668476301.html |archive-date=18 April 2018 |access-date=18 November 2016}} She spoke for keeping the age of marriage in Bangladesh at 18 for women.{{cite web |title=Majority for retaining girls' marriage age at 18 |url=http://www.hawker.com.bd/news_details.php?news_id=387140&news_category_id=21&val_lan= |website=hawker.com.bd |publisher=Hawker |access-date=18 November 2016 |archive-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055548/http://www.hawker.com.bd/news_details.php?news_id=387140&news_category_id=21&val_lan= |url-status=dead}} She was shift in charge at The Daily Ittefaq.{{Cite book |last1=Flatt |first1=Emma J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BEvzDwAAQBAJ&dq=farida+yasmin&pg=PA55 |title=Voices On South Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Women's Status, Challenges And Futures |last2=Murali |first2=Vani Swarupa |last3=Tieri |first3=Silvia |date=2020-06-24 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-12-1327-4 |pages=55 |language=en}}

In 2016, Yasmin was made the vice-president of Dhaka University Mass Communication and Journalism Alumni Association.{{cite news |title=DUMCJAA forms new committee |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/dumcjaa-forms-new-committee-1261981 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 July 2016 |access-date=18 November 2016}} She was elected general secretary of Jatiya Press Club on 1 January 2017, she was first female general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club.{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/national-press-club-gets-farida-yasmin-as-first-female-general-secretary-shafiqur-elected-president |title=National Press Club gets Farida Yasmin as first female general secretary; Shafiqur elected president |work=bdnews24.com |date=1 January 2017 |access-date=30 December 2018}} She was re-elected to the post of general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club on 18 December 2018.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/media/2018/12/18/saiful-farida-panel-sweeps-national-press-club-polls |title=Saiful-Farida panel sweeps National Press Club polls |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=30 December 2018}} She is the editor and publisher of womeneye24.com.{{Cite web |url=http://womeneye24.com/ |title=WomenEye24.com – Communication for equality |language=en-US |access-date=26 July 2019}}

On 31 December 2020, Yasmin was elected president of Jatiya Press Club, the first woman to be elected president.{{Cite news |title=Farida elected first Jatiya Press Club female president |url=http://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/farida-elected-first-jatiya-press-club-female-president/62688 |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=UNB |date=31 December 2020 |language=en}} She received 581 votes while her rival, Kamal Uddin Sabuj, received 395 votes. Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit opened an investigation into her accounts, and the accounts of other elected leaders of the Press Club, Dhaka Union of Journalists, and Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists in September 2021.{{Cite news |date=13 September 2021 |title=BFIU opens probe into bank accounts of 11 senior journalists |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/corruption/258234/bfiu-opens-probe-into-bank-accounts-of-11-senior |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} She criticized the government for investigating elected leaders of the journalist community and questioned why an investigation without any complaints against the journalists.{{Cite news |date=2021-09-19 |title=Defamatory, ill-motivated |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/unprecedented-defamatory-ill-motivated-2179006 |access-date=2024-08-19 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2021-09-19 |title=Probe into journalists' bank details a 'scare tactic' |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/probe-journalists-bank-details-scare-tactic-304510 |access-date=2024-08-19 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}} This was around the time the government was looking into the account of reporter Rozina Islam of Prothom Alo who had been arrested in May.{{Cite news |date=29 September 2021 |title=CPJ: Stop probing bank accounts of journo Rozina, 11 others |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/259957/cpj-stop-probing-bank-accounts-of-journo-rozina |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} Yasmin had met Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal criticizing the harassment of Rozina, sought her bail, and said, "We want justice, no one has the right to harass anyone (Rozina) like this".{{Cite news |last=Haque |first=Nabban T |date=18 May 2021 |title=Press Club president meets home minister over Rozina Islam |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/247036/press-club-president-meets-home-minister-over |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}

Yasmin was re-elected on 31 December 2022 with 567 votes while Kamal Uddin Sabuj received 401 votes.{{Cite news |date=2022-12-31 |title=Farida elected Jatiya Press Club president, Shyamal gen secy |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/farida-elected-jatiya-press-club-president-shyamal-gen-secy-3209591 |access-date=2024-08-19 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}

Yasmin was appointed to the women's reserved seat for Narsingdi by the Awami League in February 2024.{{Cite news |date=2024-02-14 |title=AL announces 48 candidates for reserved women's seats |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/9cul4202bf |access-date=2024-03-01 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2024-02-14 |title=JS reserved seats for women: AL finalises its 48 nominees |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/js-reserved-seats-women-al-finalises-its-48-nominees-3543896 |access-date=2024-03-01 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}