| Taslima Abed | |
| Constituency Mp: | Reserved Women's Seat-1 |
| Parliament: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start: | 7 April 1973 |
| Term End: | 6 November 1975 |
| Predecessor: | Position created |
| Successor: | Hasina Rahman |
| Constituency Mp1: | Reserved Women's Seat-2 |
| Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start1: | 2 April 1979 |
| Term End1: | 24 March 1982 |
| Predecessor1: | Nazma Shamima Laiju |
| Successor1: | Hosne Ara Ahsan |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Taslima Abed was a Bangladeshi women's right activist and Bangladesh Awami League politician. She served as a Jatiya Sangasd member and the State Minister of Women and Children Affairs.
Abed was a Jatiya Sangsad member holding a reserved women's seat during 1973–1975 and 1979–1982.[1] [2] She was the founding treasurer of the Kendrio Mohila Punorbashon Songstha, a foundation dedicated to aid the women raped by members of Pakistan military forces during the Bangladesh Liberation war and founded by Sufia Kamal.[3] The foundation had rehabilitation programs for rape victims in Eskaton, Dhaka. In 1974, the Government of Bangladesh renamed the foundation Bangladesh Women's Rehabilitation and Welfare Foundation and it was attached to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.[4]
In 1980, Abed served as the State Minister of Women and Children Affairs.[5] She led the Bangladesh delegation to the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women in July 1980 in Copenhagen. She said that economic independence for women is necessary for the development of the nation. She said "In economic independence you get honor".[6]