Farida Rahman

Farida Rahman is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. She has served as a member of parliament for three terms from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's reserved women's seat. She is a member of the BNP's standing committee.

Political and career Farida Rahman was a nominated member of parliament for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from the reserved women's seat in the second, fifth and sixth National Parliaments.

Farida is a leading women's rights lawyer. In the fifth session of the Nationalist Party, she tried to introduce a bill to ban polygamy for men; however, her party and opposition MPs opposed it as a violation of Sharia law. She had been trying in parliament for two to three years to ban polygamy for men and ensure equal rights for women to inherit with men. In 1995, she was obstructed by an organization of conservative Muslim leaders for criticizing Muslim inheritance laws. The organization demanded that the government punish Farida Rahman for blasphemy.