The Baroness Gohir | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 24 June 2022 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
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]
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]
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]