Sultana Kamal
| Sultana Kamal | |
|---|---|
| Native name | সুলতানা কামাল |
| Born | 1950 (age 66–67) |
| Education | MA |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | activist |
| Spouse(s) | Supriya Chakraborty |
| Parents |
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| Awards | John Humphrey Freedom Award |
Sultana Kamal is a Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist. She serves as the Executive Director of Ain o Salish Kendra, a civil rights organisation. In 2006, she served as adviser in the Caretaker government of Bangladesh led by President Iajuddin Ahmed during the 2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. Kamal, along with three other advisers, resigned from the caretaker government Her mother Sufia Kamal was a participant of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Sultana was born to Kamal Uddin Ahmed and Sufia Kamal in 1950. Sufia was a writer and poet. She was enrolled in Leela Nagh's Nari Shikhkha Mondir. She passed SSC from Azimpur Girls' High School and HSC from Holy Cross College. She received her Master's from University of Dhaka. In 1978 she completed her LLB. She passed BCS Examination. In 1981 she achieved Masters of Development Studies in Women and Development in Netherlands.
Sultana started her career as a teacher in the Music College. She joined Bangladesh Tobacco Company. In 1976 she entered an international voluntary service in Khadimnagar, Sylhet. Up to 1990 she worked for Vietnamese boat peoples in Hong Kong as a UN legal consultant. In 1996, she won the John Humphrey Freedom Award from the Canadian human rights group Rights & Democracy.
In 1971, she also joined the Mukti bahini and was one of the founders of the Bangladesh Field Hospital in Agartala for the freedom fighters. Sultana and her sister Saeeda were the two out of four women to get the CNC's Special Commendation for their role in the liberation war.
She writes in the dailies and periodicals on social, legal and gender issues. She has published a book on women's legal rights titled "Manobir Nishanka Mon" translated into English under the title of "Her Unfearing Mind". Her latest publications include "Manabidhakar, Rashtra O Samaj" (Human Rights, State and the Society) and Chilam Kothay Jeno Nilimar Niche, compilation of articles written by her over the last twenty five years. She travelled to more than 30 countries in Asia, Africa, Australia and the Pacific, United Nations and Canada and Europe in professional capacity to address issues related to human and women's rights. She lectured in various Universities including University of Toronto and the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Oxford University.
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