Rizwana Hasan

Rizwana Hasan
সৈয়দা রিজওয়ানা হাসান
Born
Syeda Rizwana Hasan

(1968-01-15) 15 January 1968 (age 56)
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationL.L.M.
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
OccupationLawyer
Years active1993–present
Known forContributions in shipbreaking industry
ChildrenNehla Siddique, Ahmed Zarir Siddique, Ahmed Zeedan Siddique

Syeda Rizwana Hasan (Bengali: সৈয়দা রিজওয়ানা হাসান; born 15 January 1968) is a Bangladeshi attorney and environmentalist. She has particularly focused on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009.[1] She was also awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 for her "uncompromising courage and impassioned leadership in a campaign of judicial activism in Bangladesh that affirms the people's right to a good environment as nothing less than their right to dignity and life."[2]

  1. ^ "Syeda Rizwana Hasan". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  2. ^ Sarmiento, Christine Joy (26 July 2012). "2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners announced". Asian Journal. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, from Bangladesh, is being recognized for 'her uncompromising courage and impassioned leadership in a campaign of judicial activism in Bangladesh that affirms the people's right to a good environment as nothing less than their right to dignity and life.'

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