Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2005:

"Now, I am a person who can speak against injustice, mobilize people to join our struggle against corrupt machineries, and fight for poor peoples' rights to life and livelihood."

Rahela Khatun

Noai Landless Women Organization
Deluti Landless Union Committee

Rahela Khatun was born in 1965 into a large, impoverished family in Noai village, Khulna district. Rising above her poverty and desertion by both father and husband, she mobilizes support against the powerful shrimp aquaculture lobbies that are depriving people of their livelihoods. Despite attempts by the government and shrimp farmers, her village and adjacent ones continue to be shrimp-free zones.