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BRAC UK
ProfessionPhilanthropist, politician

Sandra Mostafa Kabir (born 2 November 1949) is

BRAC UK, Labour Party politician, and councillor for London Borough of Brent
.

Early life

Kabir is of of mixed descent, born to a

agnostic.[1]

In 1963, Kabir and her family left London when she was 13 because her father decided to return to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) where he had left 22 years previously. He was 45-46 years old.[2] Her parents died in Bangladesh.[3]

In 1995, Kabir and her second husband returned to London so their youngest child could have a better level of education.[4]

Career

Since 1976, Kabir has worked in development with donor agencies, international and national NGOs. She has worked predominantly in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights and women's development and rights.[5]

Kabir began her career in Bangladesh as a Programme Officer for the south west Asia regional office of FPIA, established a national women’s NGO, played a leading role in the NGO movement and worked on the boards of several NGOs. She has experience in poverty alleviation and people’s empowerment programme design and implementation, fund raising and advocacy, spanning Asia, Africa and the United Kingdom.[6].

In 1979, Kabir established the Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition,[5] and played a major role in the creation of El Taller, a worldwide NGO movement initially based in Spain and then in Tunisia.[6]

In 1995, Kabir moved to the United Kingdom where she worked in senior capacities with Interact Worldwide, Reproductive Health Alliance and ICOMP. In 2006, she established BRAC UK a member of the world renowned NGO,

BRAC. BRAC UK works both locally and internationally and has gained recognition for its work on money management and international development education in East London.[6]

Since 1997, Kabir has been involved in community-based activities in East London.[7]

Kabir has been on Bangladesh and UK government delegations to international UN conferences, is on the board of several NGOs in the UK and is a school governor.[6] She is on the board of the Tower Hamlets CVS,[8] the Attlee Foundation, the Diaspora Volunteering Alliance and others.[7]

On 24 January 2011. The founding leaders of BRAC UK – Professor Patrick Vaughan, (chairperson), and Sandra Kabir, (executive director) – both announced that they would be retiring in early 2011.[9]

Politics

Kabir joined the Labour Party in 1994. She was a London Borough of Brent councillor from 2002 to 2006 and was re-elected in 2010. As a councilor, Sandra’s particular areas of interest are health, women’s issues and citizenship. She is a school governor and a member of several Council committees.[10]

Awards

Kabir was awarded the international STIMEZO Prize in 1988 for her contribution to making abortion safe worldwide.[5]

Books

  • Hardon, Anita; Mutua, Ann; Kabir, Sandra; Engelkes, Elly. (1997). “Monitoring Family Planning and Reproductive Rights: A Manual for Empowerment”. Zed Books. ISBN-10: 1856494551. ISBN-13: 978-1856494557
  • Bonnie, Kay; Kabir, Sandra. (1988). “A study of costs and behavioral outcomes of menstrual regulation services in Bangladesh”. Elsevier.

Personal life

Kabir is widowed, has three children and two grandchildren.[10]

In 1967, at the age of 17, Kabir got married and had son (born 1969) and daughter (born 1971) before getting divorced in 1976.[11]

In February 1972, her mother died of appendicitis, and in 1979, her father died.[12]

In 1979, she met her second husband[13]. In 1980, Kabir re-married.[13][14] They have a daughter (born 1982)[15] In October 1997, Kabir’s husband died of sclerosis of the liver.[16]

Kabir’s brother (born 1954) resides in Brisbane, Australia. Her sister (born 1959) is a journalist and resides in Bangladesh.[4] Kabir resides in London, England with her elder son, Saeqah Kabir, who works with a property company.[15]

References

  1. ^ McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 9. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. ^ McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  3. ^ McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 12. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  4. ^ a b McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 4. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  5. ^ a b c "Sandra Kabir". British Bengali Success Stories. BritBangla. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d "Sandra Kabir". Financial Education Summit. Retrieved 1 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ a b "Sandra Kabir". The Attlee Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Sandra Kabir". Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Founding leaders of BRAC UK retire after five years of achievement". London: Brac. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ a b "Sandra M Kabir" (PDF). British Bangladeshi Who's Who 2011. British Bangla Media Group. October 2011. p. 66. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  11. ^ McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 5. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  12. ^ McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 15. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  13. ^ a b McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 14. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  14. ^ McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 14-15. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  15. ^ a b McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 16. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)
  16. ^ McFarlane, Deborah (13–14 October 2004). [www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/prh/transcripts/kabir-trans.pdf "Sandra Kabir"] (PDF). Population and Reproductive Health Oral History Project. London: Smith College. p. 4-5. Retrieved 1 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: date format (link)

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