Syeda Amina Khatun
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Syeda Amina Khatun MBE
is a Labour Party
councillor
for Tipton Green
in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
. She was the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region in 1999.
in 1986 and later became a Language Support Tutor.
Since the mid eighties, she has managed various voluntary organisations. She has particularly helped manage and start up women groups in the Midlands such as the Bangladeshi Women’s Association and the Youth Group for Local Young Women as well as mother and toddler groups. She has also engaged in setting up numerous young peoples’ groups and even ones for the elderly too. She is also a campaigner for environmental improvements.
Since 1995, Khatun has been employed as a youth worker
as well as project managing a local advocacy group called the "Asha Project". Cllr Khatun is also the Non Executive Director of Rowley Regis and Tipton
Primary Care Trust. Within the Sandwell Metropolitan council, Khatun is a Cabinet advisor for education together with being the alternative member of committee for Europe. She is also serving as Chairman for Tipton Town Committee.
Order of the British Empire
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is a Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillor
Councillor
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for Tipton Green
Tipton Green
Tipton Green is the central area of Tipton, a town in the West Midlands of England. It was heavily developed for industry during the 19th century, as Tipton was one of the most significant towns during the Industrial Revolution. Tipton Green is one of three electoral wards covering Tipton for...
in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands with a population of around 289,100, and an area of . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath,...
. She was the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region in 1999.
Career
Syeda Khatun was born in Bangladesh and arrived in the UK in 1975. She started her first job as research/outreach worker for the Education DepartmentDepartment for Education
The Department for Education is a department of the UK government responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education....
in 1986 and later became a Language Support Tutor.
Since the mid eighties, she has managed various voluntary organisations. She has particularly helped manage and start up women groups in the Midlands such as the Bangladeshi Women’s Association and the Youth Group for Local Young Women as well as mother and toddler groups. She has also engaged in setting up numerous young peoples’ groups and even ones for the elderly too. She is also a campaigner for environmental improvements.
Since 1995, Khatun has been employed as a youth worker
Youth Worker
A Youth worker is a person that works with young people to engage them in informal education. Youth workers can work in many contexts. In the UK and elsewhere, the main distinction is usually made between statutory, those who work as part of a government run initiative, and non-statutory, those...
as well as project managing a local advocacy group called the "Asha Project". Cllr Khatun is also the Non Executive Director of Rowley Regis and Tipton
Rowley Regis and Tipton (UK Parliament constituency)
Rowley Regis and Tipton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Rowley Regis and Tipton in Staffordshire . The Rowley Regis section of the constituency was in Worcestershire from 1966 until 1974....
Primary Care Trust. Within the Sandwell Metropolitan council, Khatun is a Cabinet advisor for education together with being the alternative member of committee for Europe. She is also serving as Chairman for Tipton Town Committee.