Education
She attended Viqarunnisa Noon School and College for her secondary education and Holy Cross College for her higher secondary education, before attending Dhaka University for her bachelor"s and master"s degree in law.
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Rizwana Hasan
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She has particularly focused on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009.
Achievements
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Under Hasan"s leadership, BELA won the Global 500 Roll of Honor in 2003 by the United Nations Environment Program. She herself won: The Inaugural Environment Award in 2007, by the Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Government of Bangladesh, for raising environmental awareness. Celebrating Womenhood Award in 2008 by the Nepal-based Creative Statements and South Asia Partnership The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009. The Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 She has also been dubbed as a Hero of Environment by the American news magazine TIME.
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Bangladesh
Awards
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Goldman Environmental Prize Inaugural Environment Award; Ramon Magsaysay Award; Goldman Environmental Prize; Celebrating Womenhood Award Under Hasan's leadership, BELA won the Global 500 Roll of Honor in 2003 by the United Nations Environment Program. She herself won: The Inaugural Environment Award in 2007, by the Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Government of Bangladesh, for raising environmental awareness. Celebrating Womenhood Award in 2008 by the Nepal-based Creative Statements and South Asia Partnership The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009. The Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 She has also been dubbed as a Hero of Environment by the American news magazine TIME. The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.Goldman Environmental Prize Inaugural Environment Award; Ramon Magsaysay Award; Goldman Environmental Prize; Celebrating Womenhood Award Under Hasan's leadership, BELA won the Global 500 Roll of Honor in 2003 by the United Nations Environment Program. She herself won: The Inaugural Environment Award in 2007, by the Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Government of Bangladesh, for raising environmental awareness. Celebrating Womenhood Award in 2008 by the Nepal-based Creative Statements and South Asia Partnership The Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009. The Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 She has also been dubbed as a Hero of Environment by the American news magazine TIME. The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America.