Dhaka, Dec. 9 -- Women from different professions have called for the immediate passage of proposed amendments to the tobacco control law to better protect women's health.

They made the demand on Tuesday at a discussion marking Begum Rokeya Day, jointly organised by the Bangladesh Women Journalists Forum and Nari Maitree at the Moulana Mohammad Akram Khan Auditorium of the National Press Club, according to a press release.

At the event, the Bangladesh Women Journalists Forum also conferred the Begum Rokeya Award on journalists Mamtaz Bilkis, Mokbula Parvin and Rozi Ferdous.

Speakers said Begum Rokeya was a pioneer of women's rights and leadership whose progressive vision centred on women's freedom, access to education and a society fre...