Rizwana Hasan

Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Syeda Rizwana Hasan
সৈয়দা রিজওয়ানা হাসান
	Hasan in 2022
Adviser for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 August 2024
Leader	Muhammad Yunus (as Chief Adviser)
Preceded by	Saber Hossain Chowdhury
Adviser to the Interim Government
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 August 2024
President	Mohammed Shahabuddin
Personal details
Born	15 January 1968 (age 56); Habiganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Spouse	AB Siddique
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Profession	Lawyer
Known for	Contributions in shipbreaking industry ; Chief Executive of the BELA
Awards	Goldman Environmental Prize (2009); Ramon Magsaysay Award (2012); International Women of Courage Award (2022);

Syeda Rizwana Hasan (born 15 January 1968) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and environmentalist. She is currently an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh and as Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.^[2] As an environmentalist, her work is focused on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009.^[3] 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."^[4]

^ bdnews24.com. "Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan". Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan. Retrieved 8 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Yunus-led interim govt sworn in". The Daily Star. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ "Syeda Rizwana Hasan". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
^ 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.'

[1] ws24.com. "Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan". Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan. Retrieved 8 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "Yunus-led interim govt sworn in". The Daily Star. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

[goldman-3] "Syeda Rizwana Hasan". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 1 May 2009.

[asianjournal-2012-07-26-4] 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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