Salma Sobhan was a Bangladeshi lawyer, academic and human rights activist.
14 Facts About Salma Sobhan
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Salma Sobhan became the first woman barrister in Pakistan in 1959.
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Salma Sobhan was a key figure at the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs.
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Salma Sobhan's mother was a member of the Suhrawardy family of Calcutta.
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On her mother's side, Sobhan was a cousin 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.
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Salma Sobhan was married to Rehman Sobhan, an economist, in 1962.
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Salma Sobhan had a brother named Enam and another sister named Naz.
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Salma Sobhan was educated at Westonbirt School in England and studied law at Girton College, Cambridge, in 1958.
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Salma Sobhan was called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1959 and became one of Pakistan's first women barristers.
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Salma Sobhan was responsible for editing the Supreme Court Law Reports.
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Salma Sobhan served as the executive director of the organization until 2001.
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Salma Sobhan was elected to the Board of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Service Trust, as well as that of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee and Nijera Kori.
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Salma Sobhan was a member of three international feminist networks: Asia Pacific Women Law and Development, Women Living under Muslim Laws, and Match Canada.
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Salma Sobhan's health started deteriorating in late 2003 after she was diagnosed with heart failure.