Rafia Akhtar Dolly

Rafia Akhtar Dolly
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
7 March 1973 – 6 November 1976
Personal details
PartyAwami League

Rafia Akhtar Dolly (Bengali: রাফিয়া আখতার ডলি) is a Awami League politician who was indirectly elected to a seat reserved for women in the Bangladesh Parliament in 1973.

Career

Dolly was elected to a parliamentary seat reserved for women as an Awami League candidate in 1973.[1] She was a member of the governing body of the Bangladesh Women's Rehabilitation and Welfare Foundation, formed by the government of Bangladesh for rehabilitation of women raped during the Bangladesh Liberation war.[2]

Dolly is the president of Bangladesh Women Sports Federation.[3]

References

  1. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Liberating the Women of 1971". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Five teams bag one title each". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 25 March 2021.