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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[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]

  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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaista_Gohir,_Baroness_Gohir

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