Rizwana Hasan
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Syeda Rizwana Hasan (
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]
Early life and education
Syeda Rizwana Hasan was born on 15 January 1968, into a
Dhaka University for her bachelor's and master's degree in law.[3]
Career
Hasan got involved in the
polythene, hill cutting, deforestation, shrimp farming, and building illegal establishments on St. Martin's Island.[3]
Awards
Under Hasan's leadership, BELA won the
Global 500 Roll of Honor in 2003 by the United Nations Environment Program.[5] She herself won:[3][5][6]
- The Inaugural Environment Award in 2007, by the Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Government of Bangladesh, for raising environmental awareness.
- Celebrating Womenhood Award in 2008 by the Nepal-based Creative Statements and South Asia Partnership
- The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009.[1]
- The Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012[2]
She has also been dubbed as a Hero of Environment by the American news magazine TIME.[3][4][7]
In 2022, Hasan received the International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State.[8]
Personal life
Hasan was born in
Selected works
- Laws & decision on compensation in Bangladesh, 2001
- Judicial decisions on environment in South Asia : up to 2000, 2005
- Judicial decisions on environment in South Asia, 2001-2004, 2006
- Supreme Court on wetland conservation, 2014
References
- ^ a b "Syeda Rizwana Hasan". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^ a b 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.'
- ^ a b c d e f "Belar Shonge Rizwana". Dainik Kaler Kontho. 21 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Time names Rizwana as environment hero". The Daily Star. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ a b Choudhury, Shahidul (18 February 2010). "Syeda Rizwana Hasan, defender of environment". New Age. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ a b Iqbal Choudhury (2009). Chhutir Dine (in Bengali) (509 ed.). Prothom Alo. p. 5.
- ^ "Syeda Rizwana Hasan". Time. 22 September 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ "2022 International Women of Courage Award". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Abductors free Abu Bakar". The Daily Star. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Abduction of Mr. Abu Bakar Siddique, the husband of Ms. Syeda Rizwana…". OMCT. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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