The Right Honourable
The Baroness Gohir
OBE
Official portrait, 2022
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
24 June 2022
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1969-02-27) 27 February 1969 (age 55)
Political partyCrossbench

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

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

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

  1. ^ "Shaista Gohir". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ HOLAC press release
  3. ^ "British Pakistani female campaigner appointed to the House of Lords". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ Haynes, Jane (23 May 2022). "'Baroness of Hall Green' - activist Shaista Gohir made life peer". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Order of the British Empire". www.thegazette.co.uk.
  6. ^ "BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST—UNITED KINGDOM". www.thegazette.co.uk.
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