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Fawzia Karim Firoze (Bengali: ফওজিয়া করিম ফিরোজ) is a Bangladeshi advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She was recognised as an International Woman of Courage in 2024. She has supported changes to the law that garment workers, those effected by acid attacks and by sexual harassment.
Fawzia Karim Firoze who was a founding trustee of the Acid Survivors Trust was recognised as an International Woman of Courage in 2024. [ 7 ] The organisation's local partner Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan campaigned hard and played a critical part in helping to bring about The Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill in 2011 [ 8 ] which ...
The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have shown leadership, courage, resourcefulness, and willingness to sacrifice for others, especially in promoting women's rights.
Awardees: (Back row) Ajna Jusić, Rina Gonoi, Fatou Baldeh, Rabha El Haymar, Benafsha Yaqoobi, Fawzia Karim Firoze, Volha Harbunova, Agather Atuhaire. Front row to left: Fariba Balouch, Fátima Corozo and Benafsha Yaqoobi. The story of El Haymar's struggles was filmed by Deborah Perkin and the resulting work was titled "Bastards". [4]
Fawzia Karim Firoze: Member Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh and President, Foundation for Law & Development Kalpona Akter: Member President, Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation Halida Hanum Akhter Member Women Health Expert Sumaiya Islam Member Executive Director, Bangladesh Nari Sramik Kendra Nirupa Dewan Member
The support of the American Center for International Labor Solidiarity and Fawzia Karim Firoze, a local human rights lawyer, support was said to be important in establishing the BIGUF. [9] Kalpona Akter worked for BIGUF until 1999. [10] In that year, the union had around 16,000 members. [6]
Fawzia Mirza’s feature debut, “The Queen of My Dreams,” which premieres Sept. 8 at Toronto, isn’t just a love letter to Bollywood, it’s a love letter to mothers and daughters and ...
Awardees: (Back row) Jusić at far left, Rina Gonoi, Fatou Baldeh, Rabha El Haymar, Myintzu Win, Fawzia Karim Firoze, Volha Harbunova, Agather Atuhaire. Front row to left: Fariba Balouch, Fátima Corozo, Benafsha Yaqoobi. Twenty-five years after she was born, she met Monika Hauser in Sarajevo. [2]