Jatiya Mohila Songstha is a statutory government organization responsible for improving the living conditions of women in Bangladesh.
[1][2] Prof Mamtaz Begum is the chairperson of the Jatiya Mohila Songstha and a recipient of Begum Rokeya Padak in 2014.
[3] Jatiya Mohila Songstha traces its origins to the Nari Punorbashon Board, which was established in 1972 to rehabilitate women who were raped in the Bangladesh Liberation war, known in Bangladesh as Biranganas (heroines).
The Mohila Songstha was turned into a statutory organization on 4 May 1991.
[5] It operates 11 day care centres throughout Bangladesh.