Fawzia Karim Firoze

Fawzia Karim Firoze (Bengali: ফওজিয়া করিম ফিরোজ) is a Bangladeshi advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

She has supported changes to the law that garment workers, those effected by acid attacks and by sexual harassment.

She had set up an office to look at human rights and she was shocked at the stories of abuse, intimidation and victimisation recounted by textile workers.

[8] In 2007 she published, "Landmark Judgements on Violence Against Women of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan".

[10] After the IWOC ceremony the awardees are invited to take part in the State department's International Visitor Leadership Program where they meet each other and others interested in their work.