Rizwana Hasan

Lawyer, Person

1968 –

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Who is Rizwana Hasan?

Syeda Rizwana Hasan 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. 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."

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Born
Jan 15, 1968
Dhaka
Religion
  • Islam
Ethnicity
  • Bengali people
Nationality
  • Bangladesh
Profession
Education
  • University of Dhaka

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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