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Salma Sobhan

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Gender Female
Death20 years ago
Date of birth August 11,1937
Zodiac sign Leo
Born London
United Kingdom
Date of died December 30,2003
DiedGulshan
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Children Zafar Sobhan
BooksNo Better Option? Industrial Women Workers in Bangladesh
Parents Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah
Mohammed Ikramullah
Grandparents Hassan Suhrawardy
Education University of Cambridge
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Date of Upd.
ID819674
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Salma Sobhan Life story


Salma Sobhan was a Bangladeshi lawyer, academic and human rights activist. She became the first woman barrister in Pakistan in 1959. A member of the law faculty of the University of Dhaka, she was a co-founder of Ain-O-Salish Kendra, a national human rights watchdog.

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