Biography of barrister tania amir 1964

Bangladeshi barrister and rights activist

Tania Amir is a Bangladeshi barrister and rights activist.^[1]

Early life

Amir was born on 27 September 1964.^[2] Her father is Barrister M Amir-ul Islam.^[3][4] She studied at the Holy Cross Girls School, United Nations International School, St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, and Scholastica.^[2] She graduated from the University of Buckingham in 1990 with a law degree and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn.^[2]

Career

Amir joined the Bangladesh High Court in 1991, and the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1993 as a lawyer.^[2] She founded and is the head of chambers of Amir & Amir Law Associates.^[2]

Amir received the Begum Rokeya Shining Personality Award in 2005.^[5] She was the chairman of the Private Rural Initiative Program' (PRIP) Trust.^[6] She hosted TV show Tarokader Adda.^[7]

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