Claiming Our Rights

Hameeda Hossain's 'Claiming Our Rights' brings together essays written over nearly five decades, tracing how women's rights movements in Bangladesh have evolved and advanced. The collection frames the long struggle for gender equality through a clear historical lens, showing how far the cause has traveled.

Hossain examines women's place in policymaking, power structures, and people's politics, often highlighting where their presence is missing. She looks closely at economic and political empowerment, along with participation in markets, parliament, and other decision-making spaces. The essays ask hard questions about who gets to decide and who gets left out.

The book works as both a record of movement history and a call to keep pushing forward. For students, activists, and anyone interested in women's rights in South Asia, it offers a thoughtful, grounded perspective from one of Bangladesh's most respected voices on the subject.