Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2005:

Today, Bangladesh's fundamentalist forces find that they cannot cope with the organized power of the common people united under Ebadon Bibi's leadership.

Ebadon Bibi

Landless Organization of Hosenpur

Ebadon Bibi (born 1945), once a daily-wage laborer, is now a spirited activist fighting for the rights of landless people like herself. Bold and innovative, Ebadon is a natural motivator. She is credited with popularizing the Rokeya Day celebrations on the birthday of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (renowned educationist and philosopher)-which remains a clarion a call to defeat fundamentalist and regressive forces. Her work has brought about a sea-change in the lives and attitudes of the landless people in her village and its surrounding areas.