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'''Rabia Bhuiyan''' is a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] politician and a Member of Parliament from a reserved seat. She was the first female barrister and speaker of the parliament in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The first female barrister of bangladesh -Dr Rabia Bhuiyan|url=https://weku.io/community-deals/@personalblog/the-first-female-barrister-of-bangladesh-dr-rabia-bhuiyan|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-08|website=weku.io}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Bhuiyan was born on 1 March 1944 in [[Dhaka]], [[East Bengal]], [[British India]]. She was married to [[AKM Mozammel Hoque Bhuiyan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2019-01-25|title=Dr Rabia Bhuiyan- The first female barrister of Bangladesh|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/weekend-tribune/2019/01/25/dr-rabia-bhuiyan-the-first-female-barrister-of-bangladesh|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bhuiyan was elected to parliament from reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in 1996.<ref name="7th">{{cite web|title=List of 7th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf|accessdate=6 November 2020|website=parliament.gov.bd}}</ref> She and her husband founded Bhuiyan Academy which provides distance learning for law courses from University of London. She served as the Minister of Social Welfare and Women’s Affairs in the [[First Sheikh Hasina Cabinet]]. She served as the speaker of the parliament for one day, the first female speaker of the parliament in Bangladesh.<ref name=":0" /> She filed a landmark environment case titled ''Rabia Bhuiyan, MP'' v ''Ministry of LGRD'' which acknowledged that the government has a responsibility to ensure access to safe drinking water.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-04|title=Landmark environmental law verdicts|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/landmark-environmental-law-verdicts-1753354|access-date=2020-11-08|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-22|title=Is there a human right to water?|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/there-human-right-water-1817107|access-date=2020-11-08|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><br />
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