Syeda Rizwana Hasan is an enrolled lawyer with the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is working for the cause of the environment as the Chief Executive of a reputed national Non Governmental Organization named Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA). Her main focus is to promote the notion of environmental justice in Bangladesh. Syeda has a Masters in Law with Distinction law from the University of Dhaka. She started her career with BELA in 1993. As the Chief Executive of BELA, Rizwana is responsible for the overall co-ordination of the activities of environmental justice that include research, awareness raising, public interest litigation and advocacy.