Rizwana Hasan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rizwana Hasan

Bangladeshi writer

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1968

Place of Birth: Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Profession: lawyer, author

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Syeda Rizwana Hasan (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.
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."