Razia Sultana (lawyer) explained

Razia Sultana
Native Name:	রাজিয়া সুলতানা
Birth Place:	Maungdaw, Rakhine, Myanmar
Nationality:	Bangladeshi^[1] ^[2]
Native Name Lang:	bn
Occupation:	Lawyer, educator, human rights activist

Razia Sultana (Bengali:রাজিয়া সুলতানা; born 1973) is a Bangladeshi lawyer who was born in Myanmar and has won the International Women of Courage Award 2019.^[1] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Biography

Razia Sultana was born in 1973 in Maungdaw, to a Rohingya family.^[8] She grew up in Bangladesh.^[9]

She is working for the Rohingya people as well as other ethnic people of Myanmar. She is a lawyer, educator and human rights activist with a focus on supporting Rohingya girls and women.

She has published two reports after conducting interviews with hundreds of Rohingya people, titled Witness to Horror and Rape by Command.^[8] In these reports she has shared with the world about sexual violence against Rohingya girls and women by Burmese security forces. She has also contributed to The Killing Fields of Alethankyaw, which was published by Kaladan Press.^[8]

Razia Sultana is working as a coordinator for the Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) and as a director of the Arakan Rohingya National Organization's (ARNO) women's section.^[8]

Publications

Witness to Horror^[10]
Rape by Command^[10]
The Killing Fields of Alethankyaw (Contributor)

Notes and References

Web site: 2019 International Women of Courage Award. https://web.archive.org/web/20190303200747/https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2019/index.htm. dead. March 3, 2019. U.S. Department of State. March 9, 2019.
News: Rohingya lawyer gets US award. The Daily Star. April 20, 2019.
News: Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana wins Int'l Women of Courage Award. Dhaka Tribune.
News: Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana wins Women of Courage award. Daily Sun. April 20, 2019.
News: Rohingya lawyer Razia wins Women of Courage award. The Independent. April 20, 2019.
News: bn:রোহিঙ্গা আইনজীবী রাজিয়া পেলেন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ‘সাহসী নারী’ পদক. https://www.prothomalo.com/northamerica/article/1582635/রোহিঙ্গা-আইনজীবী-রাজিয়া-পেলেন-যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের. Prothom Alo. 9 March 2019 . bn.
News: bn:বাংলাদেশিসহ ১০ সাহসী নারী যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে পুরস্কৃত. https://www.bd-pratidin.com/last-page/2019/03/09/406619. Bangladesh Pratidin. 9 March 2019 . bn.
Web site: Biographies of the Finalists for the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305220533/https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2019/bio/index.htm. dead. March 5, 2019. U.S. Department of State.
'I Am Doing This for Every Place Where Rape Is a Weapon of War.' Meet the Woman Documenting Sexual Violence Against Myanmar's Rohingya. Time. April 20, 2019.
News: Witness to Horror: In conversation with advocate Razia Sultana. The Daily Star.