Adviser Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Syeda Rizwana Hasan 

She was born in Habiganj to parents Syed Mahibul Hasan and Suraiya Hasan. She married her classmate lawyer-entrepreneur Abu Bakar Siddique, and has a daughter, Nehla Siddique, and two sons, Ahmed Zarir Siddique and Ahmed Zeedan Siddique.

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. As an environmentalist, her work is focused on regulations 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. 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.

Husband Siddique

Career

She got involved in the 'shipbreaking' industry, first suing the breaking yards in Chittagong in 2003, among other reasons, bringing health hazards to the workers, poor working conditions, and improper waste disposal. In response, in March 2003, the court declared shipbreaking illegal without an environmental clearance from the appropriate department. Rizwana Hasan strives for more labor rights and a safer working environment in the industry. She has also successfully sued organizations involved in filling lakes to build real estate, the improper use of polythene, hill cutting, deforestation, shrimp farming, and building illegal establishments on Saint. Martin's Island. 

Family 

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