Razia Sultana

RW Welfare Society

Bio

Razia Sultana is a lawyer, researcher, educator, and the founder of RW Welfare Society. She was awarded the U.S. State Department's 2019 Women of Courage Award and has been a Rohingya representative at the UN Security Council.

Featured Work

Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. CREDIT: <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kutupalong_Refugee_Camp_(Maaz_Hussain-VOA).jpg>Maaz Hussain (CC)</a>.

APR 23, 2020 Article

Facing a Pandemic in the Dark: An Update on Cox's Bazar & COVID-19, with Razia Sultana

Three weeks ago, Razia Sultana, a Rohingya lawyer and activist, wrote an article for the Carnegie Council website about how over 1 million Rohingya refugees living ...

Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. CREDIT: <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kutupalong_Refugee_Camp_(Maaz_Hussain-VOA).jpg>Maaz Hussain (CC)</a>.

APR 3, 2020 Article

Facing a Pandemic in the Dark

Over 1 million Rohingya refugees living in crowded, unsanitary conditions in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh could soon be facing their own COVID-19 outbreak. Making their situation even ...