Najma Chowdhury

Najma Chowdhury (26 February 1942 – 8 August 2021) was a Bangladeshi academic. She was known for creating women studies in Bangladesh. She founded the Women and Gender Studies department of the University of Dhaka. She was an advisor in the Muhammad Habibur Rahman caretaker government in 1996. Chowdhury was born in Sylhet, then-Bengal Presidency.
Chowdhury died on 8 August 2021 in Dhaka from COVID-19, aged 79.