Sara Hossain is a lawyer from Bangladesh.[1] In 2016, she received the International Women of Courage Award.[2][3]
Hossain received a bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 1988, and a Barrister-at-Law degree from Middle Temple in 1989. [4]She joined the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1992, working in the areas of constitutional law, public interest, and family law.[5]
Hossain helped write the laws on violence against women.[6] She also worked on court cases against fatwas by village courts, forced veiling of women, and non-medical test for virginity in sexual assault cases.[6][7]
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