Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir
The Baroness Gohir | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 24 June 2022 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | 27 February 1969 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir OBE (born 27 February 1969)[1] is a British women's rights campaigner. She leads the national charity, Muslim Women's Network UK (MWNUK). Her nomination by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as a Crossbench life peer was announced on 17 May 2022.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Gohir's parents immigrated to England in the early 1960s and are originally from Daultala, Pakistan.[3] Gohir is a mother to three children and lives in Hall Green.[4]
Awards and honours
[edit]She was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to Muslim People and to Community Relations[5] and Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to Gender Equality and Women's Rights.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shaista Gohir". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ HOLAC press release
- ^ "British Pakistani female campaigner appointed to the House of Lords". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Haynes, Jane (23 May 2022). "'Baroness of Hall Green' - activist Shaista Gohir made life peer". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Order of the British Empire". www.thegazette.co.uk.
- ^ "BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST—UNITED KINGDOM". www.thegazette.co.uk.
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