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Shaista Ikramullah শায়েস্তা ইকরামউল্লাহ شائستہ اکرام الله | |
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 Begum Shaista Ikramullah | |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 10 August 1947 – 24 October 1954 | |
| Constituency | East Bengal |
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| Born | 22 July 1915 Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 11 December 2000 (aged 85) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Inam Ikramullah Naz Ikramullah Salma Ikramullah Sarvath Ikramullah |
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| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A) SOAS, University of London (Ph.D) |
| Occupation | Politician, diplomat, writer |
Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (22 July 1915 – 11 December 2000) was a Bengali Pakistani politician, diplomat and author.[1] She was the first Muslim woman to earn a PhD from the University of London.[2] She was Pakistan's ambassador to Morocco from 1964 to 1967, and a delegate to the United Nations,[1] calling for a more gender-inclusive language in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[3]
- ^ a b Bonnie G. Smith (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Oxford University Press. p. 528. ISBN 978-0-19-514890-9.
- ^ Muneeza Shamsie (11 July 2015). And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-55861-931-9.
- ^ Adami, Rebecca (2019). Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. New York & London: Routledge. pp. 111–126. ISBN 9780429437939.