Sara Hossain
Sara Hossain is a lawyer from Bangladesh.[1] In 2016, she received the International Women of Courage Award.[2][3]
Life
[change | change source]Hossain received a bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 1988, and a Barrister-at-Law degree from Middle Temple in 1989. [4]She joined the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1992, working in the areas of constitutional law, public interest, and family law.[5]
Work
[change | change source]Hossain helped write the laws on violence against women.[6] She also worked on court cases against fatwas by village courts, forced veiling of women, and non-medical test for virginity in sexual assault cases.[6][7]
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sara Hossain.
- 2016 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr
- Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Biographies of 2016 Award Winners". Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ News, VOA. "2016 Women of Courage Award Winners". Retrieved 5 February 2017.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "U.S. State Department honors 14 leaders from around the world". 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ "Sara Hossain Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com".
- ↑ "Sara Hossain".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pelham, Lipika (18 December 2015). "Bangladeshi lawyer takes aim at sexual violence by religious edict" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ "Sara Hossain, Bangladesh". 11 May 2015.
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