Razia Sultana (lawyer)
Razia Sultana | |
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রাজিয়া সুলতানা | |
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| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi[1][2] |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, educator, human rights activist |
Razia Sultana (Bengali:রাজিয়া সুলতানা; born 1973) is a Bangladeshi lawyer who was born in Myanmar and has won the International Women of Courage Award 2019.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
Biography
[edit]Razia Sultana was born in 1973 in Maungdaw, to a Rohingya family.[8] She grew up in Bangladesh.[9]
She is working for the Rohingya people as well as other ethnic people of Myanmar. She is a lawyer, educator and human rights activist with a focus on supporting Rohingya girls and women.
She has published two reports after conducting interviews with hundreds of Rohingya people, titled Witness to Horror and Rape by Command.[8] In these reports she has shared with the world about sexual violence against Rohingya girls and women by Burmese security forces. She has also contributed to The Killing Fields of Alethankyaw, which was published by Kaladan Press.[8]
Razia Sultana is working as a coordinator for the Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) and as a director of the Arakan Rohingya National Organization's (ARNO) women's section.[8]
Publications
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "2019 International Women of Courage Award". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ "Rohingya lawyer gets US award". The Daily Star. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana wins Int'l Women of Courage Award". Dhaka Tribune.
- ^ "Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana wins Women of Courage award". Daily Sun. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "Rohingya lawyer Razia wins Women of Courage award". The Independent. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ রোহিঙ্গা আইনজীবী রাজিয়া পেলেন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ‘সাহসী নারী’ পদক. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 9 March 2019.
- ^ বাংলাদেশিসহ ১০ সাহসী নারী যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে পুরস্কৃত. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Biographies of the Finalists for the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019.
- ^ "'I Am Doing This for Every Place Where Rape Is a Weapon of War.' Meet the Woman Documenting Sexual Violence Against Myanmar's Rohingya". Time. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Witness to Horror: In conversation with advocate Razia Sultana". The Daily Star.