[2][1] Sadeque was born in 1943 in Bengal, British India and was brought up in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in an atmosphere of land farming which dictated her future thinking.
[1] In 1975, perturbed by the extent of human rights violations in her country, Sadeque, along with seven others, established an NGO called Shirkat Gah.
[1][3] Deneb Sumbul, her daughter, who is a producer of documentaries, said in an obituary to her mother: In how many ways can I describe my wonderful indomitable mother – she wore so many hats – an activist to the last, journalist for over 35 years, one of the founding members of WAF and someone who had so many interests and never short on wonderful ideas and new perspectives".
[1]In her last article published in the "You magazine" of The News, Sadeque wrote: "Activists have to boost women's courage to exercise their vote accordingly.
[1] At the time of her death, she was editing the English translation of her mother Dr. Syeda Fatima Sadeque's work on Quran.