[5] President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman asked Bangladesh to "give due honour and dignity to the women oppressed by the Pakistani army" and called them his daughters.
[6][7] Yet, many of them committed suicide, a section of them left the country to work as servants abroad, and a great many were killed in the hands of the unskilled mid-wives trying to abort war babies.
Kendrio Mohila Punorbashon Songstha (Central Women Rehabilitation Organization) was established in January 1972 to rehabilitate these violated women with technical and humanitarian support from International Planned Parenthood, the International Abortion Research and Training Centre, and the Catholic Church; notable activists at the homes included the poet Sufia Kamal and the social worker Maleka Khan[8] Later, the government provided them with vocational training and launched a campaign to get them married.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said that they would now enjoy the same government benefits as Freedom Fighters.
[15] Sixteen Birangonas were added to the list at the 73rd meeting of the National Freedom Fighter Council, taking the total number to 416 in June 2021.