What is Hasna Begum?
[[File:Hasna Begum 2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|hasna Begum in 2012]] '''Hasna Begum''' (February 24, 1935 – December 1, 2020) was a Bangladeshi philosopher and feminist. She was a professor of philosophy at the [[University of Dhaka]] until her retirement in December 2000. Begum was born in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. Begum was chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Dhaka from 1991 to 1994 and was appointed to the [[University Grants Commission (Bangladesh)|University Grants Commission (UGC)]] of Bangladesh's Rokeya Chair in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opinion.bdnews24.com/hasna-begum-1/|title=Hasna Begum|access-date=2020-12-02|archive-date=2015-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423155217/http://opinion.bdnews24.com/hasna-begum-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.du.ac.bd/latest_news/single_news/490|title=New Trust Fund established at DU}}</ref> She was a board member of the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) from 1997 to 2005. She was a member of the editorial board of ''[[Bioethics (journal)|Bioethics]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eubios.info/ejaib_journal|title=Editorial Board of the Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics|access-date=2020-12-02|archive-date=2010-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921155435/http://www.eubios.info/ejaib_journal|url-status=dead}}</ref> Begum died at a Dhaka hospital on December 1, 2020 from [[COVID-19]] at the age of 85.<ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/eminent-philosopher-prof-hasna-begum-dies-covid-19-2004149 Eminent philosopher Prof Hasna Begum dies of Covid-19]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Begum, Hasna}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]] [[Category:Bangladeshi writers]] [[Category:Philosophers]] [[Category:Editors]] [[Category:Feminist writers]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Dhaka]] {{bio-stub}}