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Salma Sobhan (Salma Rasheeda Akhtar Banu) was born on 11 August, 1937 in London, United Kingdom, is a Bangladeshi lawyer and sister of Princess Sarvath Al Hassan. Discover Salma Sobhan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?
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Salma Rasheeda Akhtar Banu |
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66 years old |
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Leo |
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11 August, 1937 |
Birthday |
11 August |
Birthplace |
London, United Kingdom |
Date of death |
30 December, 2003 |
Died Place |
Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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United Kingdom
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Salma Sobhan Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Salma Sobhan's Husband?
Her husband is Rehman Sobhan (m. 1962)
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Mohammed Ikramullah (father)
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (mother) |
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Rehman Sobhan (m. 1962) |
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Salma Sobhan Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Salma Sobhan worth at the age of 66 years old? Salma Sobhan’s income source is mostly from being a successful lawyer. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Salma Sobhan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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lawyer |
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Salma Sobhan (Rasheda Akhtar Banu; 11 August 1937 – 30 December 2003) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, academic and human rights activist.
Sobhan was born in London in 1937.
Her mother, Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, was one of the first two women members of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly, and later served as Pakistan's delegate to the UN and Ambassador to Morocco.
Her mother was a member of the Suhrawardy family of Calcutta.
On her mother's side, Sobhan was a niece of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, premier of Bengal and Prime Minister of Pakistan, and on her father's side she was a niece of Muhammad Hidayatullah, Vice President and Chief Justice of India.
Sobhan was educated at Westonbirt School in England and studied law at Girton College, Cambridge, in 1958.
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 (ASK), a national human rights watchdog.
She was called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1959 and became one of Pakistan's first women barristers.
She began working with a law firm in Karachi, M/S Surridge & Beecheno, as a legal assistant to practice in the High Court.
After her marriage in 1962, she moved to Dhaka and began teaching in the law faculty at the University of Dhaka and served until 1981.
In 1974, she was appointed research fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs.
She was responsible for editing the Supreme Court Law Reports.
Sobhan's publications include Legal Status of Women in Bangladesh (1975), Peasants' Perception of Law (1981), ''No Better Option?
They had three sons; their eldest son Taimur died in an accident at the age of 18 in 1981.
Their elder son Babar works for UNDP and their younger son Zafar Sobhan is the editor-in-chief of the Bangladeshi English daily, the Dhaka Tribune.
Sobhan's sister is Princess Sarvath of Jordan.
She had a brother named Enam and another sister named Naz.
Sobhan, along with eight other colleagues, had founded a human rights organization, Ain O Shalish Kendra, in 1986.
Women Industrial Workers'' (co-authored in 1988).
The Protichi Foundation started by Amartya Sen has instituted an award for journalists in her name.
For her dedication to the defense of women's rights, she received the Ananya Magazine Award in 2000 and an award from the New York-based Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights (later known as Human Rights First) in 2001.
Sobhan was elected to the Board of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Service Trust, as well as that of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and Nijera Kori.
She served as the executive director of the organization until 2001.
In 2001, she was elected to the Board of the United Nations Research Institute For Social Development (UNRISD).
She was also a member of three international feminist networks: Asia Pacific Women Law and Development, Women Living under Muslim Laws, and Match Canada.